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Bessborough

Deirdre Finnerty

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For over seventy years, Bessborough House, a grand country mansion on the outskirts of Cork city, operated as one of Ireland's biggest mother and baby institutions. Women and girls who walked up its stone steps were warned never to reveal their true identities and gave birth to babies they would not be allowed to keep. In Bessborough: Three Women. Three Decades. Three Stories of Courage, a trio of remarkable women confined there in the 60s, 70s and 80s, tell their truths. Their vivid accounts take us right inside the walls of the secretive institution and give us a deep insight into how their experiences impacted their lives afterwards. The result is a stark portrait of a system that split families apart -- and a moving account of love, loss and reconnection.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 320 pages

Publication:: 2022

Publisher:: Hachette Books Ireland

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1529340381

ISBN13:: 9781529340389

kindle Asin:: B09R1NBKC8

Bessborough

Deirdre Finnerty

4.47/5 (319 ratings)

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For over seventy years, Bessborough House, a grand country mansion on the outskirts of Cork city, operated as one of Ireland's biggest mother and baby institutions. Women and girls who walked up its stone steps were warned never to reveal their true identities and gave birth to babies they would not be allowed to keep. In Bessborough: Three Women. Three Decades. Three Stories of Courage, a trio of remarkable women confined there in the 60s, 70s and 80s, tell their truths. Their vivid accounts take us right inside the walls of the secretive institution and give us a deep insight into how their experiences impacted their lives afterwards. The result is a stark portrait of a system that split families apart -- and a moving account of love, loss and reconnection.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 320 pages

Publication:: 2022

Publisher:: Hachette Books Ireland

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1529340381

ISBN13:: 9781529340389

kindle Asin:: B09R1NBKC8

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