by Kathleen O'Malley · Virago UK · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781844081189
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«Childhood Interrupted» is the autobiography of Kathleen O'Malley, published by Virago UK in paperback (256 pages, in English).
In 1950, as a child, Kathleen O'Malley and her two sisters were sent to the Mount Carmel industrial school run by the Sisters of Mercy, where they suffered abuse until the age of sixteen. As an adult, Kate emigrated to England and Australia and rebuilt her life; when applying to become a magistrate, she made her story of overcoming public.
The cover of this edition bears the subtitle 'Growing Up Under the Cruel Regime of the Sisters of Mercy'. The work was originally published in 2005.
For readers of memoirs and of Irish social history, as well as for those seeking testimonies of personal resilience.
