The shocking true story of a young boy hidden away from his family and the world in a Catholic home for unmarried mothers in 1950s Dublin.
Born an 'unfortunate' onto the rough streets of 1950s Dublin, this is the incredible true story of a young boy, a secret child born into a home for unmarried mothers in 1950s Dublin and a mother determined to keep her child, even if it meant hiding him from her own family and the rest of the world.
Despite the poverty, hardship and isolation, the pride and hope of a community of women who banded together to raise their children would give this boy his chance to find his real family.
A wonderfully heartwarming and evocative tale of working class life in 1950s Dublin and 1960s London.
I picked this book up to read on our trip to Ireland.

Read this while traveling to Ireland. When we were touring through Dublin, I am making the connection of the different parts of the city and the type of people that lived there. What an amazing story of the home that took in unwed mothers and made it possible for them to keep them and build a life for themselves by helping each other out. To think that she kept this child hidden from her family for so many years. Such stigma at that time. The end was a bit puzzling for me.

I am taking this to the December meetup at Cravings Restaurant.

Oops I guess I forgot to say I had this book...so, I have it, I read it, I enjoyed it and now am releasing it!

Interesting true story about a women’s determination to keep her child.

I am taking this book to our monthly bookcrossers meet up at Cravings - the second Saturday of every month- to pass on to the next reader.

Picked up at the January meeting!

Returning to the owner to either be returned to circulation or to come home.

To the finder:
Calgary has an active group of BookCrossers that meet to swap books and discuss book crossing every second Saturday of the month at 11am at Cravings Market on Fairmount Drive SE. We always love to meet new crossers, so please join us any time you like!