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In 2009, I traveled to Ireland to visit my Aunt Mary, on my annual summer trip. On my first day, I met Maria Sweeney a Magdalene survivor. Upon researching the local Magdalene asylum, Maria invited me to the 'Magdalene survivor group' I decided to investigate the Magdalene asylums as a dissertation project, and interviewed the ten survivors in the group. Following the interviews, I discovered the harrowing experiences of the girls, including being abandoned by thier families, being physically and mentally tortured in the asylums, completing twelve-hour shifts in the laundry rooms, and their...

In 1950, Eileen Miller is sent to a Magdalene asylum, in Ireland, for having a child out of wedlock. In the asylum, she is left feeling abandoned by her family and subjected to cruelty and abuse at the hands of the nuns. Eileen soon learns that the power of friendship, and keeping positive, is her only key to survival in the laundry, and the battle commences for Eileen to find a way to escape. At the age of eighty-six, sixty years after entering the Magdalene asylum, Eileen receives a letter from her son Alexander, the child she believed she had lost forever, and a new life-changing journey...

A terrible judge comes like a thief in the night. While the world sleeps, everything changes. In the diseased light of a festering sun, planes drop from the sky, machines sputter and stop, and the graves of the shrieking damned burst open. Angels from hell clothe themselves in the flesh of corpses to form an unholy army. Dreaming of his father hammering his way out of a coffin, Gary Holland is jolted awake by the phone to learn that his father is dead. Bickering over infidelity and religion, the family gathers for the funeral…and confronts hell on earth at the Jersey Shore.

55 million people live with dementia worldwide with over 10 million cases every year. The number of dementia cases is expected to rise to 78 million in 2030 and 139 million in 2050. In this book, I will be discussing how to live well with dementia including, how to stimulate your loved one, how to cope with challenging behaviour, how to live with memory loss, and how to promote a healthy lifestyle. I also draw upon my own experience as a dementia adviser and therapy support worker, in spending over ten years working in the health and social care sector. This book aims to support people to ...

Five Women, Laura, Nikki, Sara, Annie and Lisa, who survive a series of brutal attacks, meet up at a hidden cabin to share thier survivor stories, in a cabin filled with traps, panic rooms, and weapons. The final girls are unaware that they are being stalked in the woods by a clown who has a connection to one of the survivors and is out for the ultimate revenge. Will the final girls use thier survival skills to face the ultimate showdown together?

In 1997, on the 98th birthday of my Grandad George, he passed me his personal diary of his time in the army in the first world war. In the diary, George details his time in the battle of the Somme, and the adventures and trauma he endured. In the diary, George details fighting in battle in the tanks, saving others, and his amazing friendship with Richard and Simon which helped to boost his morale during the army. In the diary, George details his bravery and battle to return home to achieve his dream to become a doctor.

In 1962 Sara Regan and her friend Alina plan an escape for her their friend Anita, a Magdalene girl at the St Mary Magdalene asylum. After the escape plan fails, Sara and Alina are sent to the asylum and subjected to abuse and torment at the hands of the Nun's. Sara forms a strong relationship with the girl's in the dormitories and tries hard to follow the strict regime. Then a year later, a mysterious maid starts working at the asylum, called Dana, with revenge on her mind, Dana plans a secret plot to set the girl's free from the asylum once and for all.

The life of five women sent to a Magdalene laundry in Ireland. Alice, Mary, Lucy, Helena and Kate, battle under the strict regime of the nuns, abandoned by their family, and enduring horrendous conditions in the laundry, they realize they have no choice but to devise an escape plan. Working over fourteen hours in the laundry unpaid, and enduring terrible physical beatings at the hands of the nuns they are left broken. Upon escaping the laundry, they discover a hidden cottage and are taken in by a kind woman called Mena who agrees to keep them hidden. Follow the story of the hidden Magdalene...

In 1912, four teenagers Mary, Antonia, Timothy and John meet on board the Titanic. When they meet on the top deck they realise they all share a dream to escape thier lives, and to follow thier dreams of fame, independence and performing on stage. On the night of the sinking the teenagers have to fight the ultimate battle to achieve thier freedom and achieve thier wishes.

At the age of sixteen, my life changed forever when I was sent to St Mary's asylum, in Ireland, after being falsely accused of a crime I did not commit. Abandoned by my family and friends I had to fight for survival in the asylum. Inside the asylum I worked as a slave in the laundry, I suffered persecution at the hands of the nuns and fought to survive the strict regime I was under. With the help of my friend Rose we realized we had to escape the asylum, or risk being imprisoned for the rest of our lives.Join me on my battle to becoming a Magdalene survivor, in my battle for freedom.

NIGHT WITHIN NIGHT “How much trouble can $750 buy you? An awful lot, it would seem. Just ask Matt, the main character in Mark Roger’s masterfully noirish Night within Night, a story of betrayal, sex, lies and finding love in all the wrong places—and paying for it, big time. Atmospheric with no let-up in the tension and drama, Night within Night is a totally captivating page-turner, relentlessly told at breakneck pace.” Sam Millar, international bestselling author of On The Brinks 1982, when clunky VHS tapes were on the scene and AIDS was just rearing its head. Matt is a family man ...

Delight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues! After Dinner Conversation is a monthly literary magazine publishing short fiction. Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors who contribute fascinating philosophical insights on controversial topics like marriage equality, assisted suicide, the meaning of death, animal rights, and defining your "purpose." It's time to go deep in search of truth! If you love reading imaginative short stories on hot topics that make your brain think deeply but also have you laughing...

Written by Mark Holt-Rogers, a Wellbeing Specialist with over a decade of experience living with Parkinson’s, Shaken is one of the most insightful and practical Parkinson's audiobooks available today. Designed for patients, families, friends, and caregivers, this essential guide draws from Mark’s personal experiences and expertise to provide actionable strategies and emotional support for managing Parkinson’s disease.

Meet the survivors of 9/11, Sara, Jean and Micheal, and Sean are all facing major transitions in their life. Sara moves to New York to start a brand new life after her divorce, Jean and Micheal are battling to save their marriage, whilst Sean is about to start his dream job at the North tower as a magazine editor. On September 11th, they are all faced with the battle of their lives. Micheal is trapped on a hijacked plane, whilst Jean watches the terror unfold in New York. Sara and Sean are trapped in the North tower as they battle to escape the endangered building. Together, they share ...

At age sixteen Sara discovers she is pregnant, coming from a strict Catholic family, she is forced to enter a Magdalene asylum in Dublin. Sara's life changes forever, treated as slave, tortured by the nun's, Sara desperately tries to escape with horrifying results. Will Sara be known forever as the lost Magdalene girl?Set in the 1950's, this story is based on true events, were thousands of young women in Ireland, were confined to the Magdalene asylums, as a punishment for having children outside of wedlock. This story is part of the Amazon Magdalene series books, and is a prequel to the ...

On Claude's birthday in 1992, he reveals a secret to his family which he had kept hidden for over eighty years. In the summer of 1912, after an argument with his family, he boarded the Titanic in search for a new life, love, and career in New York. Claude's family listen in shock at his remarkable and life-changing adventure on board the Titanic. Just when Claude feels ready to move on finally from the events of the Titanic, a shocking twist changes Claude's life forever. from the bestselling author of the Magdalene girl's book series.

At the age of 18, Lucy winter discovers that she is living with a brain tumor and discovers her condition is terminal. Following her diagnosis, Lucy decides to complete her final dreams, during the summer, including, meeting her biological Father, spending time in Florida, and visiting a private Island in the Maldives. Upon discovering her Journal Lucy's friends Daniel and Sara track Lucy down and decide to join her on the trip. Lucy's journey brings her on an unbelievable adventure, including discovering a secret family member, surviving an earthquake, and facing a brutal attack in Florida...

A gripping thriller based on shocking true events. The Magdalene asylums ran from the 18th to the 19th century in Ireland. The asylums housed 'fallen women.' Over 30,000 women were confined to the Magdalene asylums in Ireland. In 1993 a mass grave which contained 155 corses was discovered on the grounds of one of the asylums, bringing media attention to what was going on in the Magdalene asylums. The final Magdalene asylum closed in 1996. Helena's life is turned upside down, when at sixteen she is sent to a strict Magdalene asylum, following the birth of her son. Abandoned by her family, ...

An Amazon bestselling book reaching the top 5 In December 2016. At age sixteen Martha Egan is Forced by her parents to enter an asylum in Dublin, following the birth of her son aged sixteen. In the asylum along with the other girls, Martha is tortured and treated as a slave. As she strives for freedom, desperately trying to regain her independence, Martha tries desperately to escape from being forever known as the lost asylum girl.

At the age of eighteen Lucy Winters has it all, an enviable modeling contact, a place at Harvard University, and a family who take her on exotic holiday. Then on her prom night a good deed to help a girl called Kacey ends in disaster when Kacey commits suicide. Following that night, Lucy's life spirals out of control leading to the tragic death of her best friend Hayley and being kidnapped by her boyfriend. All of a sudden Lucy becomes the cover girl and stories of her troubled life are splashed all over tabloids and magazines, and suddenly everyone wants a piece of her, and unknown to Lucy...