Whispering hope : the true story of the Magdalene women : Nancy Costello, Kathleen Legg, Diane Croghan, Marie Slattery and Marina Gambold
O'Riordan, Steven2016
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'Whispering Hope' is the heart-wrenching story of five women who were confined in Magdalene Laundries in Ireland during the 1950s, 60s and 70s. The women are now between the ages of 56 and 79 and recount the harrowing physical and psychological abuse they endured in the institutions run by the state. In first-person accounts they reveal the shame and secrecy surrounding these desolate places.
Main title:
Whispering hope : the true story of the Magdalene women : Nancy Costello, Kathleen Legg, Diane Croghan, Marie Slattery and Marina Gambold / written by Steven O'Riordan and Sue Leonard.
Author:
O'Riordan, Steven, authorLeonard, Sue, author
Imprint:
London : Orion Publishing Group Ltd, 2016.
Collation:
289 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2015.
ISBN:
9781409158295 (pbk)
Dewey class:
362.839092362.8390922417362.839
Local class:
362.839092241362.8390922417
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2207844