Ghosts of the Orphanage: A Story of Mysterious Deaths, a Conspiracy of Silence, and a Search for Justice

by Christine Kenneally

Book Overview

The shocking secret history of twentieth-century orphanages--which for decades hid violence, abuse, and deaths within their walls

For much of the twentieth century, a series of terrible events--abuse, both physical and psychological, and even deaths--took places inside orphanages. The survivors have been trying to tell their astonishing stories for a long time, but disbelief, secrecy, and trauma have kept them from breaking through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 154175851X
• ISBN13: 9781541758513
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.5"