Ghosts of the Orphanage
$29.74
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
15 March 2023
Summary
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 WALKLEY BOOK AWARD
WINNER OF THE DOUGLAS STEWART PRIZE FOR NONFICTION, 2024 NSW PREMIER’S LITERARY AWARDS
A shocking expose of the dark, secret history of Catholic orphanages - the violence, abuse, and even murder that took place within their walls - and a call to hold the powerful to account.
Ghosts of the Orphanage is the result of ten years of investigation by award-winning journalist Christine Kenn…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733646058 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0733646050 |
| Author: | Christine Kenneally |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 15 March 2023 |
| Weight: | 490g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 158mm x 28mm |
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About The Author
Christine Kenneally
Christine Kenneally is an award-winning Australian journalist and author who has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, Slate, Time, and other publications. Her BuzzFeed story about crimes committed at St. Joseph’s Orphanage was viewed more than six million times in six months. It won a Deadline Award and was a finalist for a National Magazine Award, a Michael Kelly Award and an Online Journalism Award. It was shortlisted for the Fetisov Prize. Her most recent book, The Invisible History of the Human Race was a New York Times Notable Book of 2014, shortlisted for the Stella Prize and the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award. Kenneally has lived in New York, Iowa, and England, where she earned a Ph.D. in linguistics from Cambridge University. She lives in Melbourne.
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