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A Belfast Child

Author : John Chambers
Publisher : John Blake
ISBN 13 : 1789462754
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (894 download)

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Download or read book A Belfast Child written by John Chambers and published by John Blake. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Chambers was brought up on Belfast's notorious Loyalist Glencairn estate, during the height of the Troubles. From an early age he witnessed violence, hatred and horror as Northern Ireland tore itself apart in civil strife. Kneecapping, brutal murders, and even public tarring-and-feathering were simply a fact of life for the children on the estate. He thought he knew which side he was on, but although raised as a Loyalist, he was hiding a troubling secret: that his disappeared mother - whom he'd always been told was dead - was a Roman Catholic, 'the enemy'. In a memoir of rare power, John explores the dark heart of Northern Irish sectarianism in the seventies and eighties. With searing honesty and native Belfast wit, he describes the light and darkness of his unique childhood, and his teenage journey through mod culture and ultra-Loyalism, before an escape from Belfast to London - where, still haunted by the shadow of his fractured family history - he began a turbulent and hedonistic adulthood. A Belfast Child is a tale of divided loyalties, dark secrets and the scars left by hatred and violence on a proud city - but also a story of hope, healing and ultimate redemption for a family caught in the rising tide of the Troubles.

Through the Eyes of a Belfast Child - Life. Personal Reflections. Poems

Author : Greg McVicker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781460232453
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (324 download)

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Download or read book Through the Eyes of a Belfast Child - Life. Personal Reflections. Poems written by Greg McVicker and published by . This book was released on 2014-05 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is a journey. Often times and without choice, our actions and interactions within the environments in which we grow, live, work, and play, define our worldviews and shape who we are. Anyone who has faced traumatic events may look for an outlet to share their experiences in the hopes they are not alone in their struggles. In hindsight, however, the realization is that we are all human, and each and every one of us has a unique story to tell.

Children of the Troubles

Author : Joe Duffy
Publisher : Hachette Ireland
ISBN 13 : 9781473697355
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (973 download)

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Download or read book Children of the Troubles written by Joe Duffy and published by Hachette Ireland. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The bullets didn't just travel in distance, they travelled in time. Some of those bullets never stop travelling." Jack Kennedy, father of James Kennedy On 15th August 1969, nine-year-old Patrick Rooney became the first child killed as a result of the 'Troubles' - one of 186 children who would die in the conflict in Northern Ireland. Fifty years on, these young lives are honoured in a memorable book that spans a singular era. From the teenage striker who scored two goals in a Belfast schools cup final, to the aspiring architect who promised to build his mother a house, to the five-year-old girl who wrote in her copy book on the day she died, 'I am a good girl. I talk to God', Children of the Troubles recounts the previously untold story of Northern Ireland's lost children -- and those who died in the Republic, the UK and as far afield as West Germany -- and the lives that might have been. Based on original interviews with almost one hundred families, as well as extensive archival research, this unique book includes many children who have never been publicly acknowledged as victims of the Troubles, and draws a compelling social and cultural picture of the era. Much loved, deeply mourned, and never forgotten, Children of the Troubles is both an acknowledgement of and a tribute to young lives lost.

Belfast Diary

Author : John Conroy
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807002194
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Belfast Diary written by John Conroy and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resolution of intractable problems around the world requires understanding ordinary people as well as leaders. This street-level view of Northern Ireland provides the best explanation of the twenty-five-year conflict.

One Belfast Boy

Author : Patricia McMahon
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395686201
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book One Belfast Boy written by Patricia McMahon and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1999 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the life of Liam Leatham, a young Catholic boy, and his family as he prepares for a boxing match that he sees as the first step out of violence-plagued Belfast.

Killing Rage

Author : Eamon Collins
Publisher : Granta Books
ISBN 13 : 9781862070479
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Killing Rage written by Eamon Collins and published by Granta Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1970s people have been murdering their neighbours in Northern Ireland. This book is the true account of the small-town violence and terror which lies behind the headlines.

A Child of Books

Author : Oliver Jeffers
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763690775
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book A Child of Books written by Oliver Jeffers and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young reader introduces a boy to the many imaginative worlds that books bring to life.

Say Nothing

Author : Patrick Radden Keefe
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385543379
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Say Nothing written by Patrick Radden Keefe and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Soon to be an FX limited series streaming on HULU • From the author of Empire of Pain—a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions. "Masked intruders dragged Jean McConville, a 38-year-old widow and mother of 10, from her Belfast home in 1972. In this meticulously reported book—as finely paced as a novel—Keefe uses McConville's murder as a prism to tell the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Interviewing people on both sides of the conflict, he transforms the tragic damage and waste of the era into a searing, utterly gripping saga." —New York Times Book Review Jean McConville's abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I.R.A. was responsible. But in a climate of fear and paranoia, no one would speak of it. In 2003, five years after an accord brought an uneasy peace to Northern Ireland, a set of human bones was discovered on a beach. McConville's children knew it was their mother when they were told a blue safety pin was attached to the dress--with so many kids, she had always kept it handy for diapers or ripped clothes. Patrick Radden Keefe's mesmerizing book on the bitter conflict in Northern Ireland and its aftermath uses the McConville case as a starting point for the tale of a society wracked by a violent guerrilla war, a war whose consequences have never been reckoned with. The brutal violence seared not only people like the McConville children, but also I.R.A. members embittered by a peace that fell far short of the goal of a united Ireland, and left them wondering whether the killings they committed were not justified acts of war, but simple murders. From radical and impetuous I.R.A. terrorists such as Dolours Price, who, when she was barely out of her teens, was already planting bombs in London and targeting informers for execution, to the ferocious I.R.A. mastermind known as The Dark, to the spy games and dirty schemes of the British Army, to Gerry Adams, who negotiated the peace but betrayed his hardcore comrades by denying his I.R.A. past--Say Nothing conjures a world of passion, betrayal, vengeance, and anguish.

The Elephant of Belfast

Author : S. Kirk Walsh
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 164009511X
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Elephant of Belfast written by S. Kirk Walsh and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by true events, this vivid and moving story of a young woman zookeeper and the elephant she's compelled to protect through the German blitz of Belfast during WWll speaks to not only the tragedy of the times, but also to the ongoing sectarian tensions that still exist in Northern Ireland today—perfect for readers of historical and literary fiction alike. Belfast, October 1940. Twenty-year-old zookeeper Hettie Quin arrives at the city docks in time to meet her new charge: an orphaned three-year-old Indian elephant named Violet. As Violet adjusts to her new solitary life in captivity and Hettie mourns the recent loss of her sister and the abandonment of her father, new storm clouds gather. A world war rages, threatening a city already reeling from escalating tensions between British Loyalists and those fighting for a free and unified Ireland. The relative peace is shattered by air-raid sirens on the evening of Easter Tuesday 1941. Over the course of the next five hours, hundreds of bombs rain down upon Belfast, claiming almost a thousand lives and decimating the city. Dodging the debris and carnage of the Luftwaffe attack, Hettie runs to the zoo to make sure that Violet is unharmed. The harrowing ordeal and ensuing aftermath set the pair on a surprising path that highlights the indelible, singular bond that often brings mankind and animals together during horrifying times. Inspired by a largely forgotten chapter of World War II, S. Kirk Walsh deftly renders the changing relationship between Hettie and Violet, and their growing dependence on each other for survival and solace. The Elephant of Belfast is a complicated and beguiling portrait of hope and resilience—and how love can sustain us during the darkest moments of our lives.

For the Love of a Mother

Author : Annie Yellowe Palma
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781909465565
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book For the Love of a Mother written by Annie Yellowe Palma and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autobiographical account of impoverished life in Ulster through the eyes of a black child, exposed to the daily struggles associated with sectarian strife in the 1960s and 1970s.

Maternal Sentencing and the Rights of the Child

Author : Shona Minson
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030327388
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Maternal Sentencing and the Rights of the Child written by Shona Minson and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-12-24 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings to life the experiences of children affected by maternal imprisonment, and provides unique, in-depth analysis of judicial thinking on this issue. It explores the experiences of children whose mothers are sentenced to imprisonment in England and Wales and contrasts their state-sanctioned separation from their mothers in the criminal courts (where the court may not even be aware of the existence of a child) to the state-sanctioned separation of children from their parents in the family courts, where the child has legal representation and their best interests are the court’s paramount consideration. Drawing on detailed empirical research with children, caregivers, and Crown Court judiciary, Maternal Sentencing and the Rights of the Child brings together relevant literature on law, criminology, and human rights to provide insight into the reasons for the differentiated treatment and its implications for children, their caregivers, and wider society.

Lost Lives

Author : David McKittrick
Publisher : Mainstream Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1674 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Lost Lives written by David McKittrick and published by Mainstream Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 1674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a unique work filled with passion and violence, with humanity and inhumanity. It is the story of the Northern Ireland troubles told through the lives of those who have suffered and the deaths which have resulted from the conflict.

Spirit of the Titanic

Author : Nicola Pierce
Publisher : The O'Brien Press
ISBN 13 : 1847173497
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Spirit of the Titanic written by Nicola Pierce and published by The O'Brien Press. This book was released on 2013-06-07 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen-year-old Samuel Scott died while building the Titanic. As the ship sails to her doom, his ghost moves restlessly alongside the passengers and crew: Frederick Fleet: the young look-out who spotted the iceberg and who survived in a life-boat with (the unsinkable) Molly Brown; Howard Hartley Wallace: the heroic band-leader who played ragtime music as the freezing waters lapped at his feet; Harold Bride: the junior radio operator whose messages echoed on, long after the ship had disappeared to its icy grave ...

Molly and the Shipwreck

Author : Malachy Doyle
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1913733920
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Molly and the Shipwreck written by Malachy Doyle and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Molly and her dad rescue three people in trouble from a small boat off the coast. Though they speak different languages, the new arrivals quickly make friends with the islanders, who offer them somewhere to stay and some clothes and food. Just a few weeks later, a new challenge threatens this relationship, but will Molly and the islanders be able to help their new friends?

Through the Eyes of a Belfast Child

Author : Greg McVicker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781775162261
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book Through the Eyes of a Belfast Child written by Greg McVicker and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-17 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartfelt memoir. Leaving behind family in war torn Belfast, this story is oft described as a direct reflection of immigrants who have experienced political and religious persecution and upheaval, only to be met with harrowing challenges and unexpected trauma while trying to resettle in a county that was full of promise, hope, and new beginnings.

Children of the Troubles

Author : Laurel Holliday
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476775338
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Children of the Troubles written by Laurel Holliday and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this remarkable second book in the Children of Conflict series, Laurel Holliday presents a powerful collection of young people's memories of growing up in the midst of the violence in Northern Ireland known as "The Troubles." "All my life I have been afraid. When it would get dark I would lie in bed and be frightened to move in case men would be outside who were going to smash the doors in with a sledge hammer and then shoot whoever is in the house as they have done before." -- Bridie Murphy, age twelve More than sixty Catholic and Protestant children, teenagers, and adults chronicle their coming-of-age experiences in the war zone, from bomb-devastated Belfast to the terrorist-ridden countryside. "It was like my head exploded. It's an experience you can't really understand -- getting shot in the head -- unless it's happened to you. -- Stephen Robinson, wounded while walking home from secondary school For the first time in thirty years there is some hope for an end to the murders and bombings that have wounded more than 40,000. But the ravages of war remain indelibly etched on the minds and souls of the generation known as children of "The Troubles."

Belfast Noir

Author : Adrian McKinty
Publisher : Akashic Books
ISBN 13 : 1617752916
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Belfast Noir written by Adrian McKinty and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lee Child, Eoin McNamee, and others explore the dark corners and alleyways of Belfast.