Cry Salty Tears
$30.21
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2007
Summary
A heart rending account of one woman’s survival in the face of unimaginable domestic violence.
Cry Salty Tears is the tale of a mother’s survival and eventual triumph over almost unbelievable domestic hardship. Not only did Dinah O’Dowd face the harsh and unforgiving elements of her background - an upbringing in poverty-stricken 50s Dublin, teenage pregnancy and a lone journey to London - but she also fought like a tigress against the shadows cast across four decades of her l…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099499787 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099499789 |
| Author: | Dinah O'Dowd |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Arrow Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2007 |
| Weight: | 147g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 110mm x 178mm |
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Critics Review
Compelling…an awful sort of love story, a grim protrait of domestic abuse. It is emotionally articulate and raw
Compelling…an awful sort of love story, a grim protrait of domestic abuse. It is emotionally articulate and raw – Chrissey Isley * The Guardian *
Searing honesty, down-to-earth description and the authentic voice of a woman who has suffered and survived * The Irish Times *
An extremely harrowing account * You Magazine *
[Dinah’s] catalogue of abuse is spine-chilling * Review, Irish Independent *
[A] courageous memoir * Irish Mail on Sunday *
Heart-breaking story of abuse, neglect and survival * The Star *
It’s a hell of a story * The Irish Examiner *
Dinah O'Dowd
Dinah O’Dowd was born and raised in Dublin. In 1959, at the age of 19, she left Ireland, leaving her first born behind. She met her future husband, Gerry O’Dowd, at a pub in Woolwich. Over the years Dinah suffered repeated physical assault and prolonged mental torture, yet successfully bore and raised six children, one of whom became a world superstar - Boy George. In 2001 Dinah and Gerry finally divorced, after 42 years together. Dinah now lives alone in South East London.
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