{"product_id":"republic-of-shame-how-ireland-punished-fallen-women-and-their-children-paperback","title":"Republic of Shame: How Ireland Punished 'Fallen Women' and Their Children - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCaelainn Hogan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'At least in \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e they value babies, mostly. Not so in the true stories here' Margaret Atwood \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[A] furious, necessary book' Sinéad Gleeson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil alarmingly recently, the Catholic Church, acting in concert with the Irish state, operated a network of institutions for the concealment, punishment and exploitation of 'fallen women'. In the Magdalene laundries, girls and women were incarcerated and condemned to servitude. And in the mother-and-baby homes, women who had become pregnant out of wedlock were hidden from view, and in most cases their babies were adopted - sometimes illegally. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMortality rates in these institutions were shockingly high, and the discovery of a mass infant grave at the mother-and-baby home in Tuam made news all over the world. The Irish state has commissioned investigations. But the workings of the institutions and of the culture that underpinned it - a shame-industrial complex - have long been cloaked in secrecy and silence. For countless people, a search for answers continues. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaelainn Hogan - a brilliant young journalist, born in an Ireland that was only just starting to free itself from the worst excesses of Catholic morality - has been talking to the survivors of the institutions, to members of the religious orders that ran them, and to priests and bishops. She has visited the sites of the institutions, and studied Church and state documents that have much to reveal about how they operated. Reporting and writing with great curiosity, tenacity and insight, she has produced a startling and often moving account of how an entire society colluded in this repressive system, and of the damage done to survivors and their families. In the great tradition of Anna Funder's \u003ci\u003eStasiland\u003c\/i\u003e and Barbara Demick's \u003ci\u003eNothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea\u003c\/i\u003e - both winners of the Samuel Johnson Prize - \u003ci\u003eRepublic of Shame\u003c\/i\u003e is an astounding portrait of a deeply bizarre culture of control. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Achingly powerful\u003c\/b\u003e ... \u003cb\u003eThere will be many people who don't want to read \u003ci\u003eRepublic of Shame\u003c\/i\u003e, for fear it will be too much, too dark, too heavy. Please don't be afraid. Read it. Look it in the eye'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A \u003cb\u003emust read \u003c\/b\u003efor everyone' \u003cb\u003eLynn Ruane\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Republic of Shame\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003cb\u003ecareful, sensitive and extremely well-written \u003c\/b\u003ebook - but it is harrowing. It would break your heart in two' \u003cb\u003eAilbhe Smyth\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Hogan's \u003cb\u003ecaptivatingly written stories\u003c\/b\u003e of people who were consigned to what she calls the \"shame-industrial complex\" puts faces - many old now, and lined with pain - to the clinical data ... \u003cb\u003eBrilliant\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eUtterly brilliant.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ePlease read it\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cb\u003eMarian Keyes\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eRiveting\u003c\/b\u003e, immensely insightful and horrifically recognisable' \u003cb\u003eEmma Dabiri\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'[A] sensitive, \u003cb\u003ecan't-look-away book\u003c\/b\u003e ... Through moving stories, Hogan shows how the past is still present' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNPR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaelainn Hogan was born in Dublin in 1988. Her journalism has featured in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine, Harper's, The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e (online)\u003ci\u003e, VICE Magazine, The Guardian, Al Jazeera English, The Irish Times \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Dublin Review. Republic of Shame \u003c\/i\u003eis her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42963738296455,"sku":"9780241984123","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/qzOJG4dqN99780241984123_8a0a16fb-4fa4-4ffb-a716-ea09aff99536.jpg?v=1753949699","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/republic-of-shame-how-ireland-punished-fallen-women-and-their-children-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}