Long time since I've done this
Nov. 30th, 2006 05:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cedar_groveSo on the whole, life in prison was a hundred times better than life in the Magdalen Laundries. Don't Ever Tell Kathy O'Beirne
If you ever want to read something to make you doubt your faith in Human kind then I'll point you in the direction of this book.
It's a true story of what happend in the life of the author during her childhood and early adulthood. Even though the writing is not an outstanding piece of literature - and there's a very good reason for that - it's vivid enough to bring home the horrors that Kathy suffered at the hands of so called Christians.
The saddest thing about it is that her story is by no means unique. Abused physically and emotionally/mentally by her father, then sent to reform school and ending up in the Magdalen Laundries, where she suffered further atrocities, it is somewhat of a marvel that she survived in the way she did. I don't want to say too much and spoil the book for those who want to read it but, it is a very quick read that brings home how horrible people can truly be.
If you ever want to read something to make you doubt your faith in Human kind then I'll point you in the direction of this book.
It's a true story of what happend in the life of the author during her childhood and early adulthood. Even though the writing is not an outstanding piece of literature - and there's a very good reason for that - it's vivid enough to bring home the horrors that Kathy suffered at the hands of so called Christians.
The saddest thing about it is that her story is by no means unique. Abused physically and emotionally/mentally by her father, then sent to reform school and ending up in the Magdalen Laundries, where she suffered further atrocities, it is somewhat of a marvel that she survived in the way she did. I don't want to say too much and spoil the book for those who want to read it but, it is a very quick read that brings home how horrible people can truly be.
