'Truth telling and truth recovery have seldom been as
heart-breaking or necessary as in this powerful story of human
vulnerability and failure - and the ultimate triumph of the human
spirit.' JOE DUFFY At only five months old, John Cameron was
abandoned in a Dublin orphanage, and fostered out as a child
labourer by age three. In 1944 when he turned eight, he was
incarcerated in Artane Industrial School, where he became boy
11963. Now in his mid-eighties, John Cameron tells his shocking but
inspirational story for the first time. As a child, reduced to a
number, he survived savage assaults, sexual abuse and the tragic
deaths of children around him. Along with other forgotten boys, he
battled for his life against the heartless adversity of the church
and the Irish state. As a young man - a much-loved schoolteacher
devoted to his growing family - John was haunted by his unknown
past and embarked on a lifelong quest to unravel the truth about
his origins. Buried in a labyrinth of lies, he finally uncovered a
story of forbidden love and passion that scandalised rural Ireland
and made national headlines in the 1930s. Boy 11963 is a unique
account of overcoming almost insurmountable obstacles to find out
who you truly are.
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