A review by xeni
Childhood Interrupted by Kathleen O'Malley
4.0
I got this book early this morning and I picked it up on the way to work. I couldn't focus all day for reading, and just now finished it!
It was such a moving story about Kathleen O'Malley and her life in the "justice" system of Ireland in the 50's and 60's. She was taken from her loving, caring mother and put into a sort of "religious workhouse" for orphans all because she was born out of wedlock. She was raped and then put back into another prison-like confinement until she was 16. She she spend almost her whole adult life still in this prison due to the brainwashing she received at such a young age.
I was really really glad to read this book. It's nothing something easy to digest (sort of like [b:A Child Called "It"|60748|A Child Called "It"|Dave Pelzer|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170545613s/60748.jpg|59104]) but it did make me rethink my own childhood and how good I've had things.
I love Kathleen's candid take on her whole life. She has accepted what happened to her, and now wants to share with the rest of the world. Raising awareness for these things is just so important, I find. Plus, it makes me feel justified to be anti-institutions, especially religious ones.
It was such a moving story about Kathleen O'Malley and her life in the "justice" system of Ireland in the 50's and 60's. She was taken from her loving, caring mother and put into a sort of "religious workhouse" for orphans all because she was born out of wedlock. She was raped and then put back into another prison-like confinement until she was 16. She she spend almost her whole adult life still in this prison due to the brainwashing she received at such a young age.
I was really really glad to read this book. It's nothing something easy to digest (sort of like [b:A Child Called "It"|60748|A Child Called "It"|Dave Pelzer|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170545613s/60748.jpg|59104]) but it did make me rethink my own childhood and how good I've had things.
I love Kathleen's candid take on her whole life. She has accepted what happened to her, and now wants to share with the rest of the world. Raising awareness for these things is just so important, I find. Plus, it makes me feel justified to be anti-institutions, especially religious ones.