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'I read Bessborough in one sitting, veering from fury to devastation within a matter of pages. A vitally important book.' Louise O'Neill

'Vivid and powerful' CAELAINN HOGAN

'I loved this book for its sheer honesty' CATHERINE CORLESS

'A powerfully important book that demands to be read' Irish Examiner

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.

'Bessborough will break many a heart. Deirdre Finnerty tells the three stories with compassion, empathy and precision, resulting in an emotionally devastating, vital book' IRISH TIMES

Bessborough: Three Women. Three Decades. Three Stories of Courage.

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'I read Bessborough in one sitting, veering from fury to devastation within a matter of pages. A vitally important book.'... Read more

    Publisher: Hachette Books Ireland
    Publication Date: 06/04/2023
    ISBN13: 9781529340396, 978-1529340396
    ISBN10: 152934039X

    Number of Pages: 336

    Non Fiction , Biography

    Description

    'I read Bessborough in one sitting, veering from fury to devastation within a matter of pages. A vitally important book.' Louise O'Neill

    'Vivid and powerful' CAELAINN HOGAN

    'I loved this book for its sheer honesty' CATHERINE CORLESS

    'A powerfully important book that demands to be read' Irish Examiner

    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.

    'Bessborough will break many a heart. Deirdre Finnerty tells the three stories with compassion, empathy and precision, resulting in an emotionally devastating, vital book' IRISH TIMES

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