Gympie grandmother Linda Shum on Inverell childhood, work with abandoned Chinese babies, and book China Baby Love

Carolyn Millet
Updated June 28 2017 - 10:28am, first published 10:00am
LOVE OF BOOKS: Linda and 12-year-old Xiao Lin, a little boy with special needs whose parents brought him to the orphanage. Linda says she and Xiao Lin, whom she named, have a special bond.
LOVE OF BOOKS: Linda and 12-year-old Xiao Lin, a little boy with special needs whose parents brought him to the orphanage. Linda says she and Xiao Lin, whom she named, have a special bond.

A GYMPIE grandmother who’s saved the lives of countless abandoned Chinese babies is the subject of a recent book by an ABC journalist – and her story starts in Inverell.

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Carolyn Millet

Carolyn Millet

Senior journalist

Based at The Northern Daily Leader, Tamworth, and Namoi Valley Independent, Gunnedah. Covering general news and features on community, council, arts, business, health, education, entertainment and rural matters.

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