The Orphanage (Paperback)

Frances Reilly

ISBN 10: 1399614924 / ISBN 13: 9781399614924

Published by Orion Publishing Co, London, 2023

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Paperback. 'Nobody wants you, so we have to put up with you. We'll soon knock the disobedience out of you.'Frances Reilly and her sisters were abandoned by their mother outside Nazareth House Convent - a Belfast orphanage run by nuns. Little did they know the unimaginable cruelty they'd endure within its walls.Frances suffered horrifically at the hands of the Sisters: brutally beaten, worked like a slave, abused and molested, the convent regime stripped her of everything - education, innocence and childhood. But the hope of rescue or escape never left her.Years later, Frances would face her demons in court, bringing to account those who so viciously stole her youth.The Orphanage is her gripping, heart-breaking and inspiring story - the story of a child's spirit of survival. The heartbreaking and inspiring account of a young girl who suffered horrifically at the hands of nuns in the Nazareth House Convent. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Orphanage (Paperback)
• Publisher: Orion Publishing Co, London
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1399614924
• ISBN 13: 9781399614924
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The heartbreaking and inspiring account of a young girl who suffered at the hands of nuns in the Nazareth House Convent.

Frances Reilly and her sisters were abandoned by their mother outside Nazareth House Convent - a Belfast orphanage run by nuns. Little did they know the unimaginable cruelty they'd endure within its walls.

Frances suffered horrifically at the hands of the Sisters: brutally beaten, worked like a slave, abused and molested, the convent regime stripped her of everything - education, innocence and childhood. But the hope of rescue or escape never left her.

Years later, Frances would face her demons in court, bringing to account those who so viciously stole her youth. This is her gripping and moving story of one child's spirit of survival.

About the Author

Frances Reilly does not know when she was born. Abandoned with no birth certificate, her only records were lost at the convent. She lives in Colchester with her family and has recently settled her civil case against the Poor Sisters of Nazareth Convent.