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Beschreibung
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", 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.
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", 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.
Über den Autor
Deirdre Finnerty is an award-winning journalist for the BBC, specialising in international news. She started her career in the BBC World Service, and has worked in the BBC's Brussels, Washington and Westminster bureaux. Bessborough: Three Women. Three Decades. Three Stories of Courage is her first book and the project won the Society of Authors Antonia Fraser Award in 2020. Originally from County Mayo, she now lives and works in London.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Biographien, Importe
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781529340396
ISBN-10: 152934039X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Finnerty, Deirdre
Hersteller: Hachette Ireland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 195 x 127 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Deirdre Finnerty
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.08.2023
Gewicht: 0,24 kg
Artikel-ID: 120338298

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