Jane Elspeth Moberly Mott Henriksen

A different kind of childhood Jane Elspeth Moberly Mott Henriksen 2nd edition

A British citizen born in Graz, Austria in 1949, only daughter and youngest child of a World War II soldier with 3 older brothers to contend with. “A different kind of childhood” tells the story of a childhood influenced by military traditions and Victorian prudeness, and of insecurity, willfulness and rootlessness. This is a story of a childhood which cannot be compared to a childhood of the 21st century. A tale of life in a military family, where the father is always away with the regiment. A unique description of life in a girl’s boarding school in England in the late 50’s and 60’s. An insight of life and travels as an ice skater in one of the worlds most well-known ice shows.