{"product_id":"boy-11963-john-cameron-9781529346367","title":"Boy 11963: An Irish Industrial School Childhood and an Extraordinary Search for Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Truth telling and truth recovery have seldom been as heart-breaking or necessary as in this powerful story of human vulnerability and failure - and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit.' JOE DUFFY \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt only five months old, John Cameron was abandoned in a Dublin orphanage, and fostered out as a child labourer by\u003cbr\u003eage three. In 1944 when he turned eight, he was incarcerated in Artane Industrial School, where he became boy 11963. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow in his mid-eighties, John Cameron tells his shocking but inspirational story for the first time. As a child, reduced to a number, he survived savage assaults, sexual abuse and the tragic deaths of children around him. Along with other forgotten boys, he battled for his life against the heartless adversity of the church and the Irish state. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a young man - a much-loved schoolteacher devoted to his growing family - John was haunted by his unknown past and embarked on a lifelong quest to unravel the truth about his origins. Buried in a labyrinth of lies, he finally uncovered a story of forbidden love and passion that scandalised rural Ireland and made national headlines in the 1930s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoy 11963\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique account of overcoming almost insurmountable obstacles to find out who you truly are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Cameron\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1529346363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529346367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hachette Ireland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.72h x 5.04w x 1.10d","brand":"John Cameron","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043496390911,"sku":"9781529346367","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_42597ed5-88a3-47b2-88c0-5b9f13dc1331.jpg?v=1684967479","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/boy-11963-john-cameron-9781529346367","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}