Our Father's Secret: The true story of three Irish girls' struggle against abuse and their fight for justice

by Joyce Kavanagh, June Kavanagh, Paula Kavanagh, Marian Quinn (With)

Overview

A true story of abuse. Three sisters. A shattered Irish childhood.

Joyce, June and Paula Kavanagh were three sisters born to a family of ten in Ballyfermot, Dublin in the 1960s. Their father abused all three of them in the family home throughout their childhood. In 1989, the sisters made the brave decision to bring charges against their father and, in 1990, the state took a successful case against him. He was convicted and imprisoned.

Click, Click is the story of their abuse; the exposure of a man prolific in his paedophilia; and an Irish childhood lost in a dysfunctional, abusive and torturous environment. Importantly, however, it is also the story of three women's healing; their coming to terms with their abuse, and their forgiveness of themselves and others.

The Kavanagh sisters have refused to allow their abuse to define them. With fierce humour, insight and honesty, they now share their story and show that with love and determination, you can indeed conquer all.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409103851
Publisher:	Orion
Publication date:	04/12/2012
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
File size:	836 KB

About the Author

Joyce Kavanagh has six children. She works for a not-for-profit organisation as a Community Engagement Coordinator in the Childhood Development Initiative, Tallaght, where she also lives.

June Kavanagh is married with three children. She is a community activist and a Director of the Board of the Childhood Development Initiative, a children's charity, in Tallaght West.

Paula Kavanagh lives in Dublin with her partner of fourteen years. She now works as an Administrative and Communications Coordinator for the Childhood Development Initiative, Tallaght.

Marian Quinn is chief executive of a children's charity in Tallaght and has previously been employed in the Department of Justice and the Health Service Executive.