The orphanage : my shocking true story of surviving cruelty and abuse at Nazareth House Convent /
by Reilly, Frances.
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BookPublisher: London : Seven Dials, 2023Description: x, 260 pages ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781399614924 (pbk.) :; 1399614924 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 362.732 REISubject(s): Reilly, Frances -- Childhood and youth | Adult child abuse victims -- Northern Ireland -- Belfast | Orphanages -- Northern Ireland -- Belfast | Nuns -- Northern Ireland -- Belfast | Society | Society | Biography: general | Memoirs | Child abuse | Social services & welfare, criminologySummary: Frances Reilly and her sisters were abandoned by their mother outside Nazareth House Convent - a Belfast orphanage run by nuns. Little did they know the unimaginable cruelty they'd endure within its walls. Frances suffered horrifically at the hands of the Sisters: brutally beaten, worked like a slave, abused and molested, the convent regime stripped her of everything - education, innocence and childhood. But the hope of rescue or escape never left her. Years later, Frances would face her demons in court, bringing to account those who so viciously stole her youth. This is her gripping, heart-breaking and inspiring story of survival.
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| 362.712 PER The good childcare guide | 362.732 MOL Neglected: What's love got to do with it? | 362.732 MOL Neglected : | 362.732 REI The orphanage : my shocking true story of surviving cruelty and abuse at Nazareth House Convent / | 362.732 WIL Damaged : heartbreaking stories of the kids trapped in Britain's broken care system / | 362.733 ALL Eden's story / | 362.733 GLA I miss mummy : the true story of a frightened young girl who's desperate to go home / |
Originally published: London: Orion, 2008.
Frances Reilly and her sisters were abandoned by their mother outside Nazareth House Convent - a Belfast orphanage run by nuns. Little did they know the unimaginable cruelty they'd endure within its walls. Frances suffered horrifically at the hands of the Sisters: brutally beaten, worked like a slave, abused and molested, the convent regime stripped her of everything - education, innocence and childhood. But the hope of rescue or escape never left her. Years later, Frances would face her demons in court, bringing to account those who so viciously stole her youth. This is her gripping, heart-breaking and inspiring story of survival.
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