Rock Me Gently

Zusatztext 'Kelly's story! while harrowing and fraught with sadness! is superbly told! and will stick with the reader long after the last page has been turned' Informationen zum Autor Judith Kelly was born in Southampton. After leaving a Catholic orphanage in the mid-1950s! she went on to study at the Chelsea School of Art. A television producer! she has worked for TV-am! Reuters and BSkyB. Now retired! Judith Kelly runs a support group for those who were abused by priests and nuns within the Catholic Church. A harrowing and moving memoir about childhood and coming to terms with the past Zusammenfassung In the 1950s, shortly after her father's death, Judith Kelly was left in the care of nuns at a Catholic orphanage while her mother searched for a place for them to live. Far from being cared for, Judith found herself in a savage institution where physical, emotional, and sexual abuse was the daily norm.

Product details

• Authors: Judith Kelly, Kelly Judith
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.09.2006
• EAN: 9780747587149
• ISBN: 978-0-7475-8714-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 195 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Memoirs, Autobiography: philosophy and social sciences, Child abuse