Ghosts of the Orphanage by Christine Kenneally - ISBN: 9780733646058
Paperback
Dark secrets, abuse, and murder haunt orphanages. Truth demands reckoning.

Ghosts of the Orphanage

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  • Paperback

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    15 March 2023

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Summary

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 WALKLEY BOOK AWARD

WINNER OF THE DOUGLAS STEWART PRIZE FOR NONFICTION, 2024 NSW PREMIER’S LITERARY AWARDS

A shocking expose of the dark, secret history of Catholic orphanages - the violence, abuse, and even murder that took place within their walls - and a call to hold the powerful to account.

Ghosts of the Orphanage is the result of ten years of investigation by award-winning journalist Christine Kenn…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780733646058
ISBN-10:0733646050
Author:Christine Kenneally
Publisher:Hachette Australia
Imprint:Hachette Australia
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:15 March 2023
Weight:490g
Dimensions:235mm x 158mm x 28mm
About The Author

Christine Kenneally

Christine Kenneally is an award-winning Australian journalist and author who has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, Slate, Time, and other publications. Her BuzzFeed story about crimes committed at St. Joseph’s Orphanage was viewed more than six million times in six months. It won a Deadline Award and was a finalist for a National Magazine Award, a Michael Kelly Award and an Online Journalism Award. It was shortlisted for the Fetisov Prize. Her most recent book, The Invisible History of the Human Race was a New York Times Notable Book of 2014, shortlisted for the Stella Prize and the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award. Kenneally has lived in New York, Iowa, and England, where she earned a Ph.D. in linguistics from Cambridge University. She lives in Melbourne.

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