Nowhere to Call Home: the true story of a life in care

By Michael Dorrian

A phone call from the police shattered the carefully built walls that Michael Dorrian had spent a lifetime constructing around memories of his childhood. Suddenly, every door he had kept locked swung open, flooding his present with echoes of a traumatic past spent within Scotland's care system.
Taken into state care as a toddler, Michael endured a turbulent childhood marked by neglect, physical cruelty, and relentless sexual abuse in residential homes intended to protect him. Shuttled between institutions and foster placements, he learned early that survival meant silence, and safety was merely an illusion.
Decades later, as adults responsible for his childhood suffering are finally brought to justice, Michael faces his past head-on. With heartbreaking honesty and raw courage, he shares his painful journey from victim to survivor, illuminating a hidden world of institutional abuse and systemic neglect.
But this is also a story of extraordinary resilience, the redeeming power of love, and the possibility of healing even the deepest wounds. Michael's remarkable memoir speaks for countless voiceless children who suffered in silence, and is a powerful call for change in how we protect the most vulnerable.
Compelling, heart-wrenching, and ultimately inspiring, "Nowhere to Call Home" is a testament to the strength of the human spirit and the enduring hope that truth, when spoken aloud, can begin to heal.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FQJYB5RF
• ISBN13: 9798292583790
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"