The Box in the Closet

This Powerful And Unusual Story Contrasts The Bicknells A Wealthy And Influential Family In Rosedale Toronto Ontario Into Which I Was Born Out Of Wedlock With A Farm Couple From Near Brockville Ontario Who Adopted Me In 1935. At The Age Of Sixteen I Began To Feel Unsettled And Lost. Eighteen Years Later I Finally Acted On That Feeling And Began The Search For My Lost Parents.. Using Documents I Found In A Box In The Closet Of My Adoptive Mother After Her Death I Have Retrieved The Moment When A Sleek Limousine Emerged From The Dust Of A Gravel Road Delivering Me To My New Parents.. The Book Follows That Limousine Back As I Searched For My Birth Mother Taking Me Into Mystery Intrigue And Cover-Up By The Legal System But Bringing Me Finally To A Supper Dance In The Crystal Ballroom Of The Historic King Edward Hotel In Toronto Where By Chance My Birth Parents Were Reunited.. The Memoir Is A Story Of Loss And Recovery But It Is Also A Story Of Love Strength And Redemption