DOREEN'S LOT: A true story of the quest to find a family of 19, torn apart by poverty.

This is a heart rending true story captured through the eyes of Doreen Fifield, of a family torn apart through poverty, and her lifelong quest to discover all her siblings. Her father, Thomas Charles Dorrell, became a Boer War hero, and was decorated at the highest level for his bravery. It portrays her father's childless marriage to Ellie, and his subsequent turbulent life with his alcoholic partner Mary. Thirty years his junior,she gave birth to 18 children and adopted one other. It traces Mary and her children's struggle to survive after his death, and the trauma of ten of them placed into care homes. The story is so compelling, it attracted the attention of local and national press.
Join Doreen on this roller coaster ride, spanning over a century.