MADDEN:LYN'S ESCAPE p/b (R)

Madden, Lyn

ISBN 10: 1855942070 / ISBN 13: 9781855942073

Published by Cork University Press, 2008

About this Item

2007. paperback. Lyn worked as a prostitute. Her career ended the night that she watched, her lover, Cullen throw a firebomb through the window of a house, where former prostitute Dolores lived. She denounced him to the police. Cullen was given a life sentence and an 18-year sentence. He has applied for temporary release, but authorities refused it. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: BT; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 300. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MADDEN:LYN'S ESCAPE p/b (R)
• Publisher: Cork University Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1855942070
• ISBN 13: 9781855942073
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Lyn Madden worked for twenty years as a prostitute until one night she watched her lover and pimp throw a firebomb through the window of a house killing three women. That shocking murder enabled her to summon ups the courage to denounce her lover to the police. Here, in Lyn's own voice, she begins her story with a police-escort up the gangplank of a ferry, fleeing Ireland in the hope of a safer future. Lyn struggles against the ex-lovers, abusers and demons that continue to haunt her and her children. But through therapy and education Lyn undergoes an impressive evolution from prostitution to a contributing member of society. This is a wonderful story of a woman who got a chance later in life to try to put herself on a better course away from the world of crime and exploitation.