"This book takes people on a journey through Lily's life. It offers a deeply personal and at times very raw insight. It is compelling, powerful, intense, no holes barrred narrative. It clearly shows the life long impact of the illegal, cruel practices of forced adoption and a mother's fight for justice."

-- Senator Rachael Siewert An Australian Politician.

"Dirty Laundry, The Crimes a Country Tried to Hide is a heart-breaking view of crimes against humanity. For almost three decades, Lily Arthur details the legalised kidnapping of babies from millions of women in Australia and elsewhere who were brainwashed to comply with society's punishment. Punishment for getting pregnant. An account of valiant effort by a feisty warrior whose own son was stolen from her by the societal coercion that was rampant in Australia and elsewhere. Her survival and what she accomplished is one for the books, this book! The truth of the horrors of adoption laid bare."

-- Joe Soll LCSW, Psychotherapist and author of Adoption Healing... A Path To Recovery, 4 Versions for Adoptees and Natural Mothers.

"Lily Arthur's story was representative of many mothers across the world who were forced into giving up their newborns to strangers. Like most young women she had hopes for a future that turned into a living nightmare for many decades. She went from housewife to activist and then to a director of Origins an international human rights organisation in Australia. Lily Arthur represents a mother who never gave up her child willingly and fought to make sure he and many other adopted children knows."

-- Karen Wilson-Buterbaugh Director of Origins International and USA

"The book is extremely engaging and, once started, I read it straight through. It was difficult to read about your immigration to Australia, and how your father ultimately left the family there... such difficult times... then, on top of it all, the betrayal of the system for you and your precious baby... and finally, the betrayal of all the work done by Origins. You are one resilient woman. Lil."

-- Valerie Andrews PhD student in Gender, Feminist, and Women's Studies at York University in Toronto, Canada.

"This candid and compelling account of Lily's lived experience and her role in the tireless fight for truth, justice, and human rights for all victims of Forced Adoption will enlighten and inspire the reader and will provide unique learning for all professionals who may be called upon to question the sacred bond between mother and child."

A/RES//14/1386 - Declaration of the Rights of the Child - UN Documents: Gathering a body of global agreement (un-documents.net)

​-- Dr Miriam Stevenson Practitioner, researcher and lecturer in the social work field for over 30 years in UK