Childhood Interrupted
Growing up in an industrial school
$33.49
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
25 January 2007
Summary
A deeply moving memoir about the loss of childhood and its impact on adult life.
In 1950, Kathleen O’Malley and her two sisters were legally abducted from their mother and placed in an industrial school run by the Sisters of Mercy order of nuns, who also ran the notorious Magdalene Homes. The rape of eight-year-old Kathleen by a neighbour had triggered their removal - the Irish authorities ruling that her mother must have been negligent. They were only allowed a strictly supervised vi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844081189 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844081184 |
| Author: | Kathleen O'Malley |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 25 January 2007 |
| Weight: | 176g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 17mm |
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Critics Review
“Searingly honest.”
A truly shocking account… Disturbing and yet inspiring - Elle (Top 20 reads)
Moving - TimesAbout The Author
Kathleen O'Malley
Kathleen O’Malley is a magistrate in Middlesex. She is married and has a son.
Author Location: Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
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