Sandy Reid (born 1958) is the Scottish author of the autobiographical book, Never To Return.1
Reid and his sister were taken from their parents, who were Scottish Traveller, when Reid was only a year old.2 The book describes how his experience in foster care at a young age and how this experience isolated him from his family, his heritage, his identity and his transient way of life. In 2002, Reid successfully won a claim for compensation for the suffering he had endured.3
The book was nominated for the Orwell Prize in 2008.
Bibliography
Bibliography
- Never To Return (Black and White Publishing 2008 ISBN 978-1-84502-223-5) (Mehta publishing India 2011 ISBN 978-81-8498-127-8)
References
References
- Annie Brown (21 October 2008). "'Stolen son' reveals heartache over traveller mum's doomed battle to get him back". Daily Record (Scotland). Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- "New calls for official apology to Scottish Travellers". Travellers Times. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- Brown, Annie (1 July 2012). "Sandy Reid Tells How He Was Taken From Traveller Family And Sent To Australia". Daily Record. Retrieved 7 April 2026.