The Light In The Window by June Goulding - ISBN: 9780091902056
Paperback
Secrets, lies, and stolen babies: a midwife’s fight for hope.

The Light In The Window

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  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    15 March 2005

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Summary

A moving account of the cruel reality of life inside a home for unmarried mothers in 1950s Catholic Ireland

“I promised that I would one day write a book and tell the world about the home for unmarried mothers. I have at last kept my promise.”

In Ireland, 1951, the young June Goulding took up a position as midwife in a home for unmarried mothers run by the Sacred Heart nuns. What she witnessed there was to haunt her for the next fifty years. It was a place of secrets, lies and…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780091902056
ISBN-10:0091902053
Author:June Goulding
Publisher:Ebury Publishing
Imprint:Ebury Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:15 March 2005
Weight:158g
Dimensions:197mm x 126mm x 14mm
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”‘I promised that I would one day write a book and tell the world about the home for unmarried mothers. I have at last kept my promise.’”

About The Author

June Goulding

June Goulding worked as a midwife in a ‘home’ for unmarried mothers in 1951. She is the mother of seven children and lives in Cork. The Light in the Window is her first book.

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