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The intensely moving memoir of Patrick Maguire, one of the ‘Maguire Seven’, wrongly imprisoned as a teenager for making bombs for the IRA.



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'It goes deep into the mind of the abused boy who has become a troubled man.’ Mail on Sunday

‘Patrick Maguire…tells the sometimes unbearably poignant story of his childhood, sudden arrest, three years of prison and what came next.' Daily Mail

'Its power derives from Patrick himself…a damaged survivor with the burdens of a past he cannot shrug off. A devastating chronicle of injustice and blighted lives. It is moving and sad, and told without bitterness. It's not a happy story, but it is a necessary one.' Ronan Bennett, Guardian

‘Painfully honest and utterly compelling.’ Irish Mail on Sunday

MY FATHERS WATCH The Story of a Child Prisoner in 70s Britain

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    Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
    Publication Date: 2/5/2009 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780007242146, 978-0007242146
    ISBN10: 000724214X
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    Description

    Book Synopsis

    The intensely moving memoir of Patrick Maguire, one of the ‘Maguire Seven’, wrongly imprisoned as a teenager for making bombs for the IRA.



    Trade Review

    'It goes deep into the mind of the abused boy who has become a troubled man.’ Mail on Sunday

    ‘Patrick Maguire…tells the sometimes unbearably poignant story of his childhood, sudden arrest, three years of prison and what came next.' Daily Mail

    'Its power derives from Patrick himself…a damaged survivor with the burdens of a past he cannot shrug off. A devastating chronicle of injustice and blighted lives. It is moving and sad, and told without bitterness. It's not a happy story, but it is a necessary one.' Ronan Bennett, Guardian

    ‘Painfully honest and utterly compelling.’ Irish Mail on Sunday

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