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  • Suffer the Little Children

  • The Harrowing True Story of a Girl's Brutal Convent Upbringing
  • By: Frances Reilly
  • Narrated by: Emma Lowe
  • Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (63 ratings)

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Suffer the Little Children

By: Frances Reilly
Narrated by: Emma Lowe
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The heartbreaking yet inspiring account of a young girl who suffered at the hands of nuns in the Nazareth House Convent in Northern Ireland.

Frances Reilly and her sisters were abandoned by their mother outside Nazareth House Convent - a Belfast orphanage run by nuns. Little did they know the unimaginable cruelty they'd endure within its walls.

Frances suffered horrifically at the hands of the Sisters: brutally beaten, worked like a slave, abused and molested, the convent regime stripped her of everything - education, innocence, and childhood. But the hope of rescue or escape never left her.

Years later, Frances would face her demons in court, bringing to account those who so viciously stole her youth. Suffer the Little Children is a gripping and moving story of one child's spirit of survival.

Contains mature themes.

©2008 Frances Reilly (P)2021 Tantor
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Terrifying childhood.

Thank you for sharing your childhood journey. I grew up Catholic and knew the nuns to be mean spirited but clearly they were a mentally disturbed clan.

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Suffer the little children.

Excellent book. Very sad what happens in the world that we are oblivious to it all.

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Riveting

I could not stop listening to this book! It especially hit me as I grew up in a town close to Belfast in the 60’s and 70’s and attended catholic schools. The nuns could be mean but I never experienced that level of horrific abuse. God bless all those poor children.

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Excellent Eye Opener!

Frances Reilly is not only a courageous and talented woman! She’s a hero! To all the unfortunate girls that came into care after she came forward shining a light on the wicked secrets that those horrible nuns thought they had locked up in secrecy! Making it impossible for the nuns to continue to abuse and torture these poor trapped girls entrusted in their care, through no fault of their own! Its an excellent example showing that you can never leave a system to go without checks and balances! No matter how respectable and God fearing (not) the person in charge appears to be! The power these miserable nuns wielded, giving them the ability to abuse these girls is horrifying! The Catholic Church has a lot of answering to do, still! And I hope we never forget these valuable lessons in humanity that Frances Reilly is teaching us!
I thank God for Frances! And wish her only the very best! For her and all those that she loves and holds dear! What a brave soul! And shining example she is! What a gift to us all!
Also excellent narration by Emma Lowe! Very talented! Made listening a pleasure!

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sad

what a sad and terrible childhood. I hope these children found peace. the story was heart wrenching and the thought that these places existed is terrible for hundreds of children

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So Much Pain

I too know the trauma of child abuse and sexual abuse verbal abuse and terror. I know that the abuse has lasting f

effects major depression bipolar type 1 and the lasting PTSD with flash backs . This type of abuse does have lasting effects that still lasts into adulthood mine are sti!! with me and I am medication for it and yes I stil! have night terrors mine was done by my father. The beatings that I got were terrible and I lived in fear and terror everyday and night. I know what you went through me too.

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very relatable

love the story, good over bad! Kids learn to adapt no matter how bad ot gets.

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shocking

it hurt my heart every time the beatings happened 💔 it's such a great book a must

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Touching and entertaining

very touching story. the narrator was perfect, she gives a great perspective. would really recommend to anyone.

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