Suffer the Little Children

About this book

Clutching her eight-week-old sister in her arms Frances Reilly was abandoned by her mother outside the gates of The Poor Sisters of Nazareth Convent. It was Christmas morning 1956 and Frances was 2 years old. For the next 13 years Frances experienced institutionalized cruelty under the care of her new guardians: she was beaten raped and molested on numerous occasions. The nuns stripped her of everythingher best friend her innocence even her name but they could not suppress her spirit and her never-ending hope of a better life. Written with great honesty and integrity this moving account of childhood suffering is a tragic yet inspiring story. Through it all Frances refused to be broken. This is her account of her resolution to survive and defy the evil that stole her childhood.