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    No Going Back: A desperate mother's last-ditch plan to escape from Turkey with her son

    By Lisa Kennedy

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    During a routine family holiday to her husband’s homeland of Turkey, Lisa Kennedy was suddenly told their marriage was over. Her husband took their six-month-old baby from her care and instructed her to go home to Australia, alone – beginning four years of hell in Istanbul as she fought the case through both Turkish and International courts all the while battling people she once called family, now hell-bent on not letting her leave with her only son.

    Lisa fought for Turkish permanent custody and an International Hague return order simultaneously, so that she could return to Australia legally with her child. However, the protracted processes through a foreign legal system kept them in a holding pattern with no end in sight.

    Finally, with time against her and all faith lost in legal channels, Lisa realised she had only a mother’s choice: she had to save her child and get back home by whatever means available. That meant calling on outside help and, to raise awareness about the frailties of international marriage and children, 60 Minutes agreed to film the plight.This is the story of that fraught, heart-stopping escape

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEcho
    Release dateSep 1, 2017
    ISBN9781760406356
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    No Going Back: A desperate mother's last-ditch plan to escape from Turkey with her son
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    Lisa Kennedy

    Lisa Kennedy is a Paireebeene/ Trawlwoolway storyteller and artist and a descendant of Woretemoeteyenner from Northeast Tasmania. She lives near the coast in South Gippsland. Lisa weaves together inner and outer worlds through her paintings and stories and she believes that all of us have songs and stories of healing within us.

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