Sins of the Mother: A Heartbreaking True Story of a Woman's Struggle to Escape Her past and the Price Her Family Paid

Irene Kelly · Jennifer Kelly · Matt Kelly

Aug 2015 · Pan Macmillan

About this ebook

Sins of the Mother is a powerful and inspiring story of a family whose love was tested but never broken, who finally found the strength to heal the past.

Irene Kelly was brought up in poverty and abused by her mammy from an early age. But home life was still better than the time she spent in one of Dublin's industrial orphanages. In that harsh regime she was beaten and sexually assaulted. Set to work in the nursery, she saw the nuns treat the babies with horrifying cruelty.

As an adult those experiences haunted Irene. When she fell in love with Matt, who was fighting his own demons, they moved to England for a new start. They wanted their daughter Jennifer to have a better life, but in trying to protect her by hiding their past they only succeeded in pushing her away. Until, one day, Irene had a phone call from Ireland that changed everything . . .

'An epic and stirring story which shows that it is possible to overcome the worst start in life.' Sunday Mirror

Ratings and reviews

Poor Irene, her childhood was nothing short of horrific as it was for so many in the orphanage, those nuns and priests need to be bought to justice.. Good luck to Irene, strong inspirational lady.

Awful torture that the kids had to endure, most of the book revolved around the mothers life as an adult and the kind of struggles she faced day to day life and then about the mother and her kids and partners. Was hoping to read more about St Graces. All in all its worth a read.

Im not much of a big reader but this story gripped me. I could never imagine what she went through. This is a must read. But you will be totally shocked and amazed throughout!

About the author

Irene Kelly lives in Manchester. Sins of the Mother is her original and powerful memoir about child abuse.