The Light In The Window
$32.90
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
15 March 2005
Summary
A moving account of the cruel reality of life inside a home for unmarried mothers in 1950s Catholic Ireland
“I promised that I would one day write a book and tell the world about the home for unmarried mothers. I have at last kept my promise.”
In Ireland, 1951, the young June Goulding took up a position as midwife in a home for unmarried mothers run by the Sacred Heart nuns. What she witnessed there was to haunt her for the next fifty years. It was a place of secrets, lies and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780091902056 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0091902053 |
| Author: | June Goulding |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 15 March 2005 |
| Weight: | 158g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 126mm x 14mm |
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”‘I promised that I would one day write a book and tell the world about the home for unmarried mothers. I have at last kept my promise.’”
About The Author
June Goulding
June Goulding worked as a midwife in a ‘home’ for unmarried mothers in 1951. She is the mother of seven children and lives in Cork. The Light in the Window is her first book.
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