Cry and You Cry Alone
Author | : Rosalinda V. Hutton |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2011-04-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781845969950 |
ISBN-13 | : 1845969952 |
Rating | : 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: After an idyllic early childhood in Surrey, Linda's life descended into poverty and chaos when her parents' marriage crumbled and her unstable mother's sanity declined. She experienced a brief period of comfort in a caring foster home before being plunged into the dark, terrifying world of a 1960s institution. St Anne's Convent, Orpington, was a Catholic children's home run by the infamous Sisters of Mercy and a former monk who inflicted bizarre and barbaric beliefs and practices on the children in his care. Cry and You Cry Alone is the achingly honest story of a survivor of shocking child abuse that took place in the heart of an English suburb.