The Orphanage: The True Story Of An Abused Convent Upbringing

· Hachette UK
4.7
40 reviews
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272
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'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.

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4.7
40 reviews
Wendy G
March 31, 2016
The book had me glued from the start. Those poor girls. They had no childhood. It was sickening to read what they went through
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Karen Jamieson
September 13, 2019
I just could not put this book down. The abuse suffered was horrific for anyone to endure. Thank you for sharing your story.
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Joanna Hopkins
November 15, 2016
I was disappointed with the ending I wanted justice what happened to the men and did the nuns get punished
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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.

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