Publisher's Synopsis
Punched and kicked by her father and molested by local boys, young Kathy suffered in silence; she had nowhere to turn. Torn from her family at the age of eight and incarcerated in a series of Catholic homes, she ended up in a psychiatric unit, where she suffered terrifying electric-shock therapy and further cruelty at the hands of her supposed carers. At the age of 12, she was sent to a Magdalen laundry where she fell victim to sexual abuse. She gave birth to baby Annie just weeks before her 14th birthday. Only then did she realise her nightmare had just begun...