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The Christchurch Civic Crèche Case |
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A City Possessed: Lauren Quaintance described Lynley Hood's book as her
“230,000 magnus opus". Not surprisingly, Lynley Hood took about 8 years
to research this text. I have committed myself to her literal documentary
over the summer break. The title: "A
City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Creche Case. North and South magazine described it as the ". . . lonely
journey of Lynley Hood". My first reading filled me with some nostalgia
as Ms Hood transverses the professional literature, the prominent thinking of
the time (during the 1970's and 1980's). I remembered many of the references
and how they influenced my professional training. Disturbingly, many of
the writers are carefully and cogently critiqued by Hood. I have been
discovering how easily it can be to judge, and much harder to discern the
truth. For those of you with an interest in justice and child protection,
this is an absorbing and challenging read. Professor Mark Henaghan, Dean of
Law, University of Otago comments: "This is a work of scholarship of the
highest academic standard . . . the interpretation is a very important one,
and is clearly supported by the evidence" |
