The Cruelty Men

by Emer Martin

Abandoned by her parents when they resettle in Meath, Mary O Conaill faces the task of raising her younger siblings alone. Padraig is disappeared, Seán joins the Christian Brothers, Bridget escapes and her brother Seamus inherits the farm. Maeve is sent to serve a family of shopkeepers in the local town. Later, pregnant and unwed, she is placed in a Magdalene Laundry where her twins are forcibly removed. Spanning the 1930s to the 70s, this sweeping...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843517396
• ISBN13: 9781843517399
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Lilliput Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.3" x 8.5"