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Kathy's Real Story: A Culture of False Allegations Exposed (Paperback)

by Hermann Kelly (Author)

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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Prefect Press (5 Nov 2007)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1906351007
ISBN-13: 978-1906351007
Product Dimensions: 23 x 15 x 2.2 cm

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 103,001 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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This is a compelling read and a shocking story, which begins with shame and ends with the triumph of an Irish family over false allegations of abuse. The family of best-selling author Kathy O'Beirne tells the real story behind her book, casting light on a destructive culture of false allegations hurting innocent people in Ireland.

Kathy O'Beirne's book, Kathy's Story (Don't Ever Tell in Britain) alleged that she was abused by her father, experimented upon in a psychiatric hospital, raped by priests and then slammed up in a Magdalene Laundry where she had a baby at 14.

Abused or abuser? Brave truth-teller or a money-grabbing fraudster?
See the evidence, hear from those who knew her as she grew up.
Read of people being bribed to bear false witness while others were threatened.

One chapter examines some of the most notorious accusations against lay and religious people in Ireland and explores if they stand up to close scrutiny and police investigation; It looks at what effect a 1bn Government compensation scheme has had.

The book rounds off with a quick-paced ride through global best-sellers which have turned out to be literary frauds.
This gripping read is the ultimate antidote against `misery literature'. It is a parable of hope, showing that the truth is stronger than fiction, and more surprising too.

About the Author
Journalist Hermann Kelly is a regular contributor to The Irish Mail on Sunday and The Irish Examiner (two national newspapers). He has done a wealth of research, interviewing Kathy O'Beirne, her family, co-author, publisher and many others.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The emerging truth, 7 Nov 2007

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I wish there was some way Amazon could contact all those who paid such fulsome tributes in their reviews of Kathy O'Beirne's book and tell them of Hermann Kelly's book so that they can see just how they have been been made fools of. It's just possible that they may have followed the story as it has unfolded in the Irish press and will have had their doubts long before Hermann Kelly's book was published, but somehow I doubt it. Kathy O'Beirne's success was that she never named names, never went to the Garda to insitute prosecutions agains her "abusers" and so her story was never tested in court and she went on to make a fortune at the expense of people who believed her unbelievable story uncritically.

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5.0 out of 5 stars at last, 12 Nov 2007

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A factual account, not wild fantasy. Don't get me wrong I know that terrible abuses occured in Ireland and elsewhere by religious order and others.

This woman's actions defy description, nothing short of abuse all over again. Contribution from a support group in the book makes their feelings clear. I am so Mr Kelly asked the questions as to why she did it, was it for monetary gain or something else. Thank you for this expose, so well written

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5.0 out of 5 stars Debating History, 8 Nov 2007

By	Little Bat "dreamer" (Distant Shores) - See all my reviews

It is really fascinating how Hermann Kelly has investigated the story behind "Kathy's Story". As yet, no one has refuted his evidence, so there are grave doubts about that book.

This work is very similar to that of Daniel Ganzfried, a Swiss journalist who had the courage to look closely at Benjamin Wilkormirski, a literary hoaxer who was at one time winning prizes as a Holocaust memoirialist. Readers interested in this topic might also like to look at Stefan Maechler, "The Wilkomirski Affair: A Study in Biographical Truth."

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5.0 out of 5 stars I felt conned but I have finally found out the truth!
I am one of them people who read Kathy's book and left a review on Amazon giving her support and rated her book highly, what an idiot I have been! Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars The truth... Kathy is a liar
There's nothing more I can say... read this journalist's book for facts, and nothing but facts.

It angers me how people are under Kathy's spell... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Unmasking a misery memoir
I had just begun reading Hermann Kelly's new book exposing the unsupported allegations contained in Kathy's Story when the two of them appeared on TV together. Read more

Published 20 months ago by Smasher Lagru

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