Republic of Shame: Stories from Ireland's Institutions for 'Fallen Women'

by Caelainn Hogan

Book Overview

'At least in The Handmaid's Tale they value babies, mostly. Not so in the true stories here' Margaret Atwood

' A] furious, necessary book' Sin ad Gleeson

Until alarmingly recently, the Catholic Church, acting in concert with the Irish state, operated a network of institutions for the concealment, punishment and exploitation of 'fallen women'. In the Magdalene laundries, girls and women were incarcerated and condemned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0241984122
• ISBN13: 9780241984123
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Penguin UK
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.7"