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Too Many Tears (Paperback)
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Too Many Tears (Paperback)
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List price R485
Loot Price R392
Discovery Miles 3 920
You Save R93 (19%)
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As heard on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour 'Ireland and its people know
that Fiona Doyle is a trailblazer' Sunday Independent 'A wrenching
read ... Doyle resists giving her story a Hollywood gloss' Irish
Independent '[A] hopeful, horrific read' Ray D'Arcy, Today FM 'A
testament to her resolve and courage. A remarkable story by a
remarkable woman' Irish Times 'Always inspirational' National
Women's Council of Ireland @NWCI 'Fiona Doyle is a hero' Roisin
Ingle @roisiningle 'Well worth reading' Colette Fitzpatrick,
MidWeek, TV3 Too Many Tears is the moving and inspiring story of
how Fiona Doyle came through the agony and humiliation of being
sexually abused by her father, how she foudn the strength to seek
justice, and how she coped when, at the final hurdle, it appeared
that he was about to escape prison. For as long as she can
remember, and well into her teens, Fiona's father raped and abused
her. Her mother blamed Fiona for leading him on. The effects on her
life were catastrophic. Fiona first reported her father, Patrick
O'Brien, to the authorities in the early nineties but the police
investigation went nowhere. She made a second complaint in 2010 and
this time, it appeared, O'Brien would face the consequences of his
crimes . He, pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting his daughter and
Fiona assumed the next time she came to court, he would be going to
jail. Instead, shockingly, having suspended nine years of a
twelve-year sentence, the judge released O'Brien on bail. Three
days later, following a national outcry and questions in
parliament, the presiding judge expressed his 'profound regret' to
Fiona Doyle and sent O'Brien to jail. Too Many Tears is Fiona
Doyle's story of abuse and its aftermath - the turmoil and
isolation she experienced as a child and young girl, the
devastating price she continued to pay in her adult life, and how
finally she had the courage and tenacity to take on her father -
and the authorities - to make him face up to what he had done. It
is a startling and inspiring story of survival and hope against the
odds.
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