Prisoners of Silence (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780958728942)

Set in 1950s Ballarat and Melbourne, this narrative is loosely based on characters and real events in the author's life. It follows the challenges of Molly, a talented, but naïve teenager struggling to find her own path.Interspersed with humour and music, the harrowing subjugation and abuse of girls in a church-dominated society is clearly manifest in this story of sexual assault, resultant pregnancy and forced adoption. Significant others in Molly's life have their own stories interwoven with hers: a schoolfriend, the priest responsible for the assault, and the nun, her teacher and confidante, who leaves the convent no longer able to cope with the rampant hypocrisy and control.To 17-year-old Molly, whisked away to a hospital where priests' offspring are illegally adopted, everyone seems to have deserted her.

Author: Patricia Mary Beaton
ISBN-10: 0958728941
ISBN-13: 9780958728942
Publisher: Thorpe-Bowker Identifier Servicers
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2020
Pages: 390
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.87d