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  • Fishermen at dawn, Bantayan Island, the Philippines
  • A studio portrait taken during Juning's first visit to Cebu City, aged 16
  • A portrait of Juning's four children, posted to Juning in London by her mother, who took care of the children in the Philippines while Juning worked overseas
  • Juning and me in England, 1986
  • Bantayan Island, the Philippines
  • The sea played a big part in the stories Juning told about her childhood, and staying right by the sea while working on this book, seeing young children help their fishermen fathers pull in their nets at dawn, sometimes I felt like I was looking straight back into Juning’s childhood
  • In the mid 1980s, Juning bought a chicken farm for her children on Bantayan Island; after a few years, her oldest son, Roly, moved here with his wife and four children. The farm provided an income for the family, and was one of the relatively few details of Juning’s life in the Philippines that I was aware of as a child.
  • Building the home that Juning planned to retire to, 2005
  • 'I built my chapel in 1994.  It’s not completely finished yet, but when I retire, when I go back for good, I will complete my job and have a mass there every Sunday.' Juning, 2005
  • The family farm, Bantayan Island, 2018
  • The family farm, Bantayan Island, 2005
  • Juning at the family farm, Bantayan Island, 2005
  • Juning wading out to join her husband, Guido, Bantayan Island, 2005.  In England, I don't think I ever saw Juning swim, even when she had a chance. She owned one royal blue bathing suit throughout the decades she lived with us, but I only ever saw it on her in photographs.
  • 2005: Juning's children now rear fighting cockerels on the family farm
  • During my 2005 trip to Bantayan, I saw how relaxed and animated Juning seemed to be on her island, in the heat with her friends
  • From left to right: Juning's sons Roel, Roly and Roy, at the family farm on Bantayan Island, 2005
  • Juning's youngest son, Roy, an IT expert working on cruise ships, during a visit to Bantayan to see his own children, 2018
  • Juning, Bantayan Island, 2005
  • My daughter, Bantayan Island, 2018
  • Bantayan Island, 2018
  • Juning on her roof terrace, Bantayan Island, 2018
  • Fishermen at dusk, Bantayan Island, the Philippines
Someone else’s mother