TY  - BOOK
AU  - Whitsell,Phyllis
TI  - A song for Bridget
SN  - 9781907324840 (hbk.) :
AV  - HV6626 
U1  - 362.8292 WHI 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London
PB  - Mirror Books
KW  - Larkin, Bridget Mary.
KW  - Larkin, Bridget Mary
KW  - Family violence
KW  - Ireland
KW  - Single mothers
KW  - Creative nonfiction
KW  - Family and Relationships
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
N2  - Based on the real life of Bridget Mary Larkin, aka Tipperary Mary. We journey back to Ireland, to follow the story of a young girl, growing up without her father, who dies before she is born. At the age of 15, she finds the body of her stepfather, a man with a history of mental illness, who has hanged himself in the family home, leaving behind his natural daughter (Bridget's half-sister, Philomena). Following the death of her mother, Bridget finds love with a local lad, Bill. But when her brother discovers the relationship, he stops it, threatening Bill - then beating and raping Bridget. Bill is forced to flee to England, while Bridget endures a terrible life at home at the hands of her brother. Finally, after giving birth to her brother's child at a single mother's institution, she has her child removed for adoption and she flees to England in search of Bill and a new life
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