Butterbox Babies: Baby Sales, Baby Deaths-New Revelations 15 Years Later

By Bette L. Cahill, Bette Cahill, Bette L. Cahill

Book Overview

Many of the babies born at the Ideal Maternity Home in East Chester, Nova Scotia, were not adopted. Instead they mysteriously disappeared, becoming known as butterbox babies--named after the grocery delivery boxes that they were buried in. Since Bette Cahill first wrote about this shocking truth in 1992, she continued to research the story and corresponded with many of the home's survivors. In this expanded edition, she shares her ongoing examination, revealing the sometimes happy, often heartbreaking endings of survivors searching for their birth parents.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552662136
• ISBN13: 9781552662137
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A true story of baby selling

In the early 1930's in Canada ,one could actually buy a baby from the Ideal Maternity Home in Chester, Nova Scotia. Unwed mothers- to- be went there for free care and their babies were sold to wealthy people.The Canadian government was seemingly helpless to prevent this....what happened to infants "unfit to sell" is discussed in the true story.It is hard to put this book down once you start reading.

These Poor Children

This book not only keeps you on the edge of your seat thinking what is this woman going to do next, but shares with you the heart ache of being one of the children living in this home. I read this entire book in under 24 hours. I could not put it down! I even called in Sick to work so I could keep reading! A must read for everyone! I still find it hard to believe that two people could be so heartless and creul. I only hope that the mothers that had their children taken and those kids who were illegally put up for adoption find a way to heal.

Ancestor

This was a very touching story. I am the great grandson of W. Pitt Potter ( the defence lawer for the Monteral Satnderd)i loved this novel it made me angery to hear what the Young did to the mothers and the babies. And making money of the dead babies is just plain sick.

Great book

Terrific book. I wish it had more of the aftermath, though, and more of the actual details of what happened inside the home. I also saw the movie, which I think was based on the book. But, as a lot of films do, it skipped around too much.