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Paid Servant by E. R. Braithwaite is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Paid Servant about?

E. R. Braithwaite, the acclaimed author of To Sir, With Love, poignantly recounts his time as a social worker dedicated to London's abandoned minority children Despite his Cambridge education and a sterling record with the British Royal Air Force during World War II, E. R. Braithwaite, a black man, was unable to find employment as an engineer in post-war London. Instead he accepted a position as a teacher in a tough East End school and wrote of his experiences in his classic bestseller To Sir, With Love. Nine years later, Braithwaite once again found himself assuming an unfamiliar professional role as a social worker charged with finding homes for London's orphaned, abused, or abandoned "coloured" children. While he lacked formal training, Braithwaite possessed qualities essential for the job: compassion, determination, and a deep, abiding understanding and love for the helpless, lost, and disregarded. In Paid Servant, E. R. Braithwaite shares his experiences in London's Department of Child Welfare, focusing on the case of his four-year-old client Roddy, a bright, handsome mulatto boy who was rejected for adoption by both black and white families because he was not their "own kind.

Who reads Paid Servant?

Author

E. R. Braithwaite

Publisher

Open Road Integrated Media, Incorporated

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781480457423

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Science, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.4 / 5 (79 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14