Suffer the Little Children: The Harrowing True Story of a Girl's Brutal Convent Upbringing

Clutchinghereight-week-oldsisterinherarms,FrancesReillywasabandonedbyhermotheroutsidethegatesofThePoorSistersofNazarethConvent.ItwasChristmasmorning1956andFranceswas2yearsold.Forthenext13yearsFrancesexperiencedinstitutionalizedcrueltyunderthecareofhernewguardians:shewasbeaten,raped,andmolestedonnumerousoccasions.Thenunsstrippedherofeverything—herbestfriend,herinnocence,evenhername—buttheycouldnotsuppressherspiritandhernever-endinghopeofabetterlife.Writtenwithgreathonestyandintegrity,thismovingaccountofchildhoodsufferingisatragicyetinspiringstory.ThroughitallFrancesrefusedtobe...