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Cameron John
Boy 11963 An Irish Industrial School Childhood And An Extraordinary Search For Home
Boy 11963 An Irish Industrial School Childhood And An Extraordinary Search For Home
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Description: Truth telling and truth recovery have seldom been as heart - breaking or necessary as in this powerful story of human vulnerability and failure - and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit. JOE Duffy At only five months old John Cameron was abandoned in a Dublin orphanage and fostered out as a child labourer byage three. In 1944 when he turned eight he was incarcerated in Artane Industrial School where he became boy 11963. Now in his mid - eighties John Cameron tells his shocking but inspirational story for the first time. As a child reduced to a number he survived savage assaults sexual abuse and the tragic deaths of children around him. Along with other forgotten boys he battled for his life against the heartless adversity of the church and the Irish state. As a young man - a much - loved schoolteacher devoted to his growing family - John was haunted by his unknown past and embarked on a lifelong quest to unravel the truth about his origins. Buried in a labyrinth of lies he finally uncovered a story of forbidden love and passion that scandalised rural Ireland and made national headlines in the 1930s. Boy 11963 is a unique account of overcoming almost insurmountable obstacles to find out who you truly are.
Title: Boy 11963 An Irish Industrial School Childhood And An Extraordinary Search For Home
Author(s): Cameron John
Publisher: Hachette Books Ireland
Barcode: 9781529346367
Pages: 400 Pages
Publication Date: 11/22/2022
Category: Family History, Tracing Ancestors
Description: Truth telling and truth recovery have seldom been as heart - breaking or necessary as in this powerful story of human vulnerability and failure - and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit. JOE Duffy At only five months old John Cameron was abandoned in a Dublin orphanage and fostered out as a child labourer byage three. In 1944 when he turned eight he was incarcerated in Artane Industrial School where he became boy 11963. Now in his mid - eighties John Cameron tells his shocking but inspirational story for the first time. As a child reduced to a number he survived savage assaults sexual abuse and the tragic deaths of children around him. Along with other forgotten boys he battled for his life against the heartless adversity of the church and the Irish state. As a young man - a much - loved schoolteacher devoted to his growing family - John was haunted by his unknown past and embarked on a lifelong quest to unravel the truth about his origins. Buried in a labyrinth of lies he finally uncovered a story of forbidden love and passion that scandalised rural Ireland and made national headlines in the 1930s. Boy 11963 is a unique account of overcoming almost insurmountable obstacles to find out who you truly are.
Title: Boy 11963 An Irish Industrial School Childhood And An Extraordinary Search For Home
Author(s): Cameron John
Publisher: Hachette Books Ireland
Barcode: 9781529346367
Pages: 400 Pages
Publication Date: 11/22/2022
Category: Family History, Tracing Ancestors