The Convent: THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER: A shocking true story of surviving the care home from hell

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Marie, who worked in a bakery and now lives in Hathershaw, Oldham said the violence and cruelty escalated and she remembers sitting in her room "crying all night. Her hair was bluntly chopped, her clothes were taken away and her name was changed, although she was so seldom spoken to with civility there were times that she forgot she even had a name. The book ends in a way where Marie would get some kind of justice for the horrible convent years, as she wasn't the only child that had been put through similar things as her. She was one of 10 children (I think 7 at the time she was sent away) of extremely poor parents who could only afford a single bed for them all to sleep in, yet she had a baby every year. A police investigation in December 2015 revealed Sister O'Brien as the suspect, but also made the crushing discovery that she had died before the allegations could be tested in court.

A spokesperson for Merseyside Police said: “We can confirm that an investigation into this matter was concluded in January 2016 following the death of the suspect, and consequently no further action was taken. The story follows Marie as she is brought to a convent by her family, as they can no longer afford to keep her at home, and tells about the way she is treated while in the convent.

But when a police investigation is launched, Marie realises that the time has come to tell the truth. Her Catholic parents Fred and Kathleen provided Marie a happy home but they just couldn't cope with eight children and desperate poverty. Weak, distracted Biden has let Iran's mullahs get away with murder - and now risks an unholy war: ANDREW NEIL spells out how the appeasing president MUST strike back with a vengeance to save his own skin.

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