- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Gollancz; New edition edition (6 Mar 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752842862
- ISBN-13: 978-0752842868
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.2 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #83 in Books > Biography > Social & Health Issues > Divorce
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Desmond Doyle, 29, a painter and decorator, is married with six children and living in the infamous Fatima Mansions in Dublin in 1953. One day he comes home to find his wife has left him. He decides to go to England to find work and is advised to put his children into the state Industrial Schools system for a short time until he returns. When he returns he is told, to his horror, that the children have been consigned to the state until they are 16. This is the story of how Desmond Doyle fought the Irish legal system to change the law and win back his family. Told through the eyes of Evelyn, Desmond's nine-year-old daughter, this is a heartrending true story beautifully told.
About the Author
Evelyn Doyle now lives in Scotland with her partner of 14 years Michael. She trained as a psychiatric nurse, then became a police officer and later moved on to running her own patisserie company. She has one, Benjamin, and grandson, Joshua.
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After about 20 pages big fat tears were rolling down my face. A thoroughly emotive story, true of so many others growing up during that time in Ireland.
Evelyn weaves the fine threads of innocence, bewilderment, and responsibility held by a child in a family which is falling apart.
An exceptional read, this is a book you will want to pass on to friends and family. The writing style is questioning, but concise. A terrfic book with a gritty subject matter to slip in between drier reads, or equally very well suited to someone who doesn't read as often, but has an interest in the topic.
Similar to Angela's Ashes in that it holds so many memories for those that were living that life not too far away. It's a book with remarkable truth.
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