Sinead O'Brien Libri

In 1984, in Dunnes Stores on Dublin's Henry Street, Mary Manning refused to register the sale of two South African grapefruits. She was suspended and nine of her co-workers walked out in support. They knew little about apartheid and assumed they could return to work. But theirs were kindling voices, on the cusp of igniting a mass movement.

He made sure of that.'Mary was a shy ten-year-old when her new dad, Sean, came into her life.Sean continued to abuse Mary for twenty years and fathered five of her children. But then, finally, after years of abuse, Mary found the courage to escape him for good - and reclaim her life.