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"'I promised that I would one day write a book and tell the world about the home for unmarried mothers. I have at last kept my promise.'"
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A moving account of the cruel reality of life inside a home for unmarried mothers in 1950s Catholic Ireland
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I couldn't put this book down and recomend it to everyone to read. The tale of June Goulding and the horrors that she saw at Bessboro Unmarried mothers home is one that is unbelievable. What a cruel world we lived in when unmarried mothers were denied even basic medical care when they were pregnant. Not allowed to speak and with all of their possessions and clothes removed from them they faced a horrible ordeal as they give birth. They are then made to stay at the home to work for 3 years and then have the heartbreak of their children being taken from them.
Every woman should read this book and thank her lucky stars that she was not treated in this way.
Every woman should read this book and thank her lucky stars that she was not treated in this way.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I still don't understand nuns cruelty how dare they call themselves holy.Absolutely no humanity. This book should be read by every woman who has had a child, it makes you realise how lucky you are.I cant even begin to imagine the anguish these poor creatures went through, how cruel to have your child taken from you after three years. June Goulding is a marvellous woman for what she tried to do for these poor girls. I just cant bear to think of the suffering they went through. A deeply moving account. I only hope places like this don't exist anymore.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
having attended convent school,the treatment of those"sinners" does not surprise me in the least,we were treated like 10th rate citizens purely because we were of the poor community,the "money"people were treated well,we were beaten with sticks,or anything they could get their hands on.one of the nuns told me,when i was very little that she could see me in when i was grown up,she said "you will go to england and marry a protestant" and guess what, im proud to say i did.
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Very good read
This book was recommended to me by a friend and I was not disappointed, it was a very good but thought provoking book.
Published 4 months ago by Tilley
Well worth reading
This book is a very compelling and heartrending read - it is a very personal account of the author's experience of working as a midwife in a Magdalen Laundry. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jason Lightoller
Good plot, writing nothing special
The story was good and interesting but the writing wasn't great. Although perhaps I should have been expecting it as the author is obviously not a professional writer. Read more
Published 6 months ago by C. Povey
WHY?
I just finished this book and I have so many questions: WHY did this cruelty take place? I thought The Magdeline Laundry was an abberation, but now it appears it was commonplace. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Anne Salazar
Easy read
An easy read, descriptive, sad but at times amusing. Disturbing subject dealt with in a sympathetic manner and this lady did her difficult job with compassion and efficiency. Read more
Published 16 months ago by M. A. Russell
SO ENJOYABLE
This book was a really good read. Some parts made me laugh and some made me cry. It was interesting too and without giving it all away I would say that the time reading it went... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Dickie
Harrowing but also uplifting
The stories in this book did not surprise me as I knew of similar events (The Magdalene Sisters) and the cruelty that the Catholic Church and the nuns in particular exercised in... Read more
Published 19 months ago by cr
Amazing...
I bought this book last week and haven't been able to put it down since I started reading it.
Published 20 months ago by MissD
Fantastic but sad
I read this book in one sitting as i couldn't put it down.It just shows thats nun's were not always good people. Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2010 by lisa critcher
Shocking
Though the subject of the book is shocking and unbelievable i really enjoyed reading it, however i do believe that June Goulding rushed it in places. Read more
Published on 17 Feb 2010 by K. Childs
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