ABANDONED: The true story of a little girl who didn't belong

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It is very easy to obtain books these days, and so very hard to put any time and attention to actually reading them. I try everything to keep my tears in, but eventually they burst out, hiccupping as they come, my shoulders heaving, and he is over me, his fist raised, ready to give me ‘something to really cry about’.

Not realising that it was hiding amongst the ‘W’s’ at the end of the dictionary, as if ashamed of itself.But layer by layer, argument by argument, year by year, as I, or more usually my brothers and sisters, asked more questions, I pieced together the details of my life story. What pain she must have been in, before she shut her emotions down, taking care of her mother in that sealed-off world, without a telephone to contact her sister to find out how her baby was doing. I thought it couldn't get any worse, but when I bring my brother to baseball practice, I discover his new coach is none other than Lee, owner and founder of Powell Dog Sanctuary, and he's not happy to see me. Maybe she believed he would leave his wife and his ‘empty-shell’ marriage, as I was later told it was, and come over to take care of her and her baby in London.

Their relentless pursuit to find and develop original stories has continued through their day to day grass roots work, seeking out and providing content for numerous national newspapers and weekly magazines.Anyways, my personal policy is to get about a quarter of the way through before I decide whether to abandon or finish a book. A 54-year-old mother and grandmother, Monica Allan carried the darkest of secrets around with her for most of her life. I will not reveal the ending but this book made a huge impact on me and all these years later am excited to be able to re read it. An ancient island with a romantic history and lush green landscape, Ireland's culture stretches back to the time of St Patrick and the first Christian monks and includes the Norman invasion, clan wars, mass emigration and partition in the early 20th century.