{"id":15,"date":"2024-07-24T21:02:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T21:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-xl.net\/ArchwayPublishing\/856702\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-04-18T00:54:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:54:06","slug":"the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/BalboaPressAU\/871230\/the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"THE AUTHOR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Margaret Carson, writing as Pixie McLeod, is an Australian author whose work is grounded in lived experience, emotional honesty, and a fierce commitment to protecting vulnerable children. <br><br>Her memoir, <b><i>Failed by the System<\/i><\/b>, exposes the realities her adopted children faced in flawed institutions and highlights the strength, advocacy, and resilience required of a mother determined to fight for them. 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