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The Convent

A shocking true story of surviving the care home from hell

Marie Hargreaves author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Mirror Books

Published:14th May '20

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When a fancy car pulls up outside six-year-old Marie's home in Oldham, in 1959, she is told she is going on holiday...

In fact, she is taken to live in a convent, overseen by a cruel and sadistic nun.

There, a horrific ritual of physical, sexual and mental abuse begins.

Marie feels unable to share details of her suffering with anyone. Until years later, when a police investigation is launched, and she realises that the time has finally come to tell the truth...

ISBN: 9781913406073

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 21mm

Weight: 217g

304 pages