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Belonging

One Woman's Search for Truth and Justice for the Tuam Babies

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Belonging

By: Catherine Corless
Narrated by: Caitriona Hinds
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ONE WOMAN, THE SECRETS OF A SMALL TOWN, AND A QUEST FOR JUSTICE THAT ROCKED A NATION.

Catherine Corless could not have known where her interest in local history would lead her, as she began researching the Tuam Mother and Baby Home in Galway in 2010. Uncovering no less than 796 missing burial records of children born there, the stark truth of their place of rest became clear: a disused sewage tank on the old home site, where two boys had once stumbled upon bones.

But who were these lost children, and what had happened to them in the care of the Bons Secours order of nuns?

Determined to know more, Catherine's painstaking research led to a quest for justice that continues still as, often against fierce resistance, she brought to light a terrible truth that shocked the world, impacted the Vatican, and led to a Commission of Investigation in Ireland.

Part memoir, part detective story, Belonging is both a personal account - of identity, beginnings and Catherine's search for her own mother's lost story - and a recounting of her forensic crusade on behalf of the lost babies of Tuam. It speaks to the tender love of a mother and her child; to the unforgettable screams which echoed through the corridors as babies were taken against the parent's will; and to a mystery which continues to this day, as so many still search to know where, and to whom, they belong.

(P) 2021 Hachette Books Ireland©2021 Catherine Corless Memoir
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Excellent narration of a very powerful story. A great start to my audible book journey.

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a brilliant book from a very humble woman. a very sad and shocking true story. Will bring a tear to your eye

shocking

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Loved the passion and hated the pain and sorrowful truth of the past but glad to see the truth finally revealed.

Such a heartbreaking true statement of the tragedies and abuse of past times.

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loved it!! incredible story loved by an incredible lady. I was lost in the story great writing

powerfull

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A great book we should all remember what happened to the Taum babies and the mothers who suffered a terrible fate.

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