The Boy in a Plaster Cast Author:Peter Saunders At the end of World War II, the German people suffered another major catastrophe in terms of the economic disaster that befell them. This story tells of the damage done to one particular family, both during and after the war. In particular, it focuses on a four-year-old boy who had the misfortune to contract tuberculosis in his hip joint, which ... more »caused him to be admitted to a hospital that was run by nursing staff that had very little sympathy for the children in their charge. The subsequent marriage of his widowed mother to a British soldier had a considerable impact on the quality of his life.« less