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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

When a fancy car pulls up outside six-year-old Marie's home in Oldham, in 1959, she is told she is going on holiday...

In fact, she is taken to live in a convent, overseen by a cruel and sadistic nun.

There, a horrific ritual of physical, sexual and mental abuse begins.

Marie feels unable to share details of her suffering with anyone. Until years later, when a police investigation is launched, and she realises that the time has finally come to tell the truth...

The Convent: A shocking true story of surviving

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    Publisher: Mirror Books
    Publication Date: 14/05/2020
    ISBN13: 9781913406073, 978-1913406073
    ISBN10: 1913406075
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    Biography Memoirs True stories of survival of abuse and injustice Politics, Philosophy & Society Child abuse

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

    When a fancy car pulls up outside six-year-old Marie's home in Oldham, in 1959, she is told she is going on holiday...

    In fact, she is taken to live in a convent, overseen by a cruel and sadistic nun.

    There, a horrific ritual of physical, sexual and mental abuse begins.

    Marie feels unable to share details of her suffering with anyone. Until years later, when a police investigation is launched, and she realises that the time has finally come to tell the truth...

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