The Book Depository My Name is Bridget by Alison O'Reilly
357 ratings
TO EXPLORE MORE
Price: £17.99
Brand: The Book Depository
Description: My Name is Bridget : Paperback : Gill : 9780717180424 : 0717180425 : 08 Jan 2019 : In 2017, the remains of 796 babies were found in a septic tank on the site of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home, a home run by nuns which took in orphans and unmarried mothers until it closed in 1961. Bridget Dolan gave birth to two boys there. Her daughter Anna puts on the record the life of Bridget and all the forgotten women and children of the home. The Book Depository My Name is Bridget by Alison O'Reilly - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
Category: Books
Merchant: The Book Depository
Product ID: 9780717180424
MPN: 0717180425
GTIN: 9780717180424
Author: Reader
Rating: 5
Review: Absolutely brilliant book! Highly recommend it. One of the reviewers here states the author has her facts wrong with Kirwan house. It's the reviewer who is factually wrong. Eileen Martin's mother was in Kirwan house on SCR in Dublin and Eileen was put in the Bethany home. I am one of the Bethany babies and I know this is correct. If you read the story correctly, you'd have seen that. This book was written by the reporter who broke the story of the Tuam Babies and documents her hard work throughout this scandal. This book is a deeply moving account of Bridget Dolan who lost her two babies in the Tuam home. Bridget was at the heart of the expose of the Tuam babies in 2014. John Desmond Dolan is believed to be dead and William Desmond his brother is missing. This book documents the unbelievable scandals that went on in this country, from the homes to the high and mighty such as DeValeras son who was caught up in illegal adoptions, Dr. Irene Creedon - it wasn't just the nuns. This book will anger you, rage you, make you cry, make you feel despair and passion to keep the fight going until the babies are all found. Can't believe in 2022 all those years after this author exposed this scandal, that those babies are still in a septic tank. This is one of the best books I've read in years. So so emotional, full of highs and lows and highs. It is so informative. I highly recommend this book which is now out on audio cassette which is hugely helpful as many of the survivors prefer listening.
Author: All the mice love me
Rating: 3
Review: I bought this book for some enlightenment into the Tuam story, which I had read about in the newspapers. I found the tale of Anna Corrigan's mother sad and typical of the Catholic system, so not really surprised by the outcome. I was however, surprised though that this story was not believed and even undermined by the press of all people, until forensics stepped in. But I guess there are people in high places including the media who still would like to suppress the truth in favour of the Catholic Church. What I would have liked to have seen is , like another reader has already said, is delving into why these Nuns did what they did. Why have there been no prosecutions? The dumping of corpses in a sewage pipe, one on top of the other, is nothing short of what went on in the former Yugoslavia some 20 odd years ago. As for the appeal of the book, it is written very much with the sort of emotional edge you would find in a tabloid, with sentences, words and passages repeated. I wonder did the author edit the book herself? It could have done with a thorough substantial edit if you ask me, as it seems a bit rushed. I also noticed that one of the case studies she talks about later on, says that she the mother and baby home was Kirwan House. It was not, it was The Bethany Home, so she has not got her facts straight. I know this because I know the person who she wrote about. Still, overall I enjoyed reading this book.
