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This chapter focuses on the memories of the journey from Nazareth House, of leaving care. Edwards argues that with this transition, home became something experienced and remembered as metaphysical, a feeling. The memories can be categorised in four types; memories of transition, memories from the first couple of months, memories of return and memories of resilience. ‘Remembering that feeling of Not Being at Home (in the world)’ offers an alternative way of approaching and writing about the process of leaving care. The author argues that being at home for those with care experience is a process, a ‘reflexive project’ and a memory.
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Edwards, D. (2017). Remembering that Feeling of Not Being at Home (in the World). In: Cultural, Autobiographical and Absent Memories of Orphanhood. Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64039-6_5
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