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63%OFFErin Darcy - In Her Shoes: Women of the Eighth: A Memoir and Anthology - 9781848407626 - 9781848407626
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In Her Shoes: Women of the Eighth: A Memoir and Anthology

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In early 2018, Erin Darcy created an online art project, In Her Shoes – Women of the Eighth, to safely and anonymously share private stories of the real and devastating impact of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Ireland. In the five months leading up to the referendum on abortion, the project asked a simple
question of undecided voters: put yourself in her shoes. Within weeks, Erin was receiving hundreds of stories from a broad spectrum of experiences of planned and unplanned terminations. By the time Ireland historically voted Yes to Repeal the Eighth on 25 May 2018, ... Read more

What began as a solo act of grassroots activism by a mother and an artist had unleashed a national conversation on human rights that would change Ireland forever. Where once there had been silence and shame, now there was honesty and empathy. For 43 per cent of voters, it was ‘stories in the media’ that influenced their decision to vote Yes. But for Erin Darcy, In Her Shoes was also a distraction from her own heartbreaking loss, loneliness and depression as she grieved her mother’s death and sought a community
of her own. In time, it became an act of healing, as she connected with other women, mothers and campaigners who felt the same overwhelming need to do something.

Here, In Her Shoes: Women of the Eighth reproduces thirty-two of those anonymous stories, representing the entire island of Ireland. Published with their authors’ consent and illustrated by Erin, they are powerful testimonies to storytelling as salvation from heartache, stigma and threat. Together, they record lived truths
previously omitted from history and signal a monumental change in the social landscape of our country.

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Product Details

Publisher
New Island Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, Ireland
ISBN
9781848407626
SKU
9781848407626
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-10

About Erin Darcy
Erin Darcy is a painter, writer, photographer, mother and activist. Through her work and wide interests – home birth, breastfeeding advocacy, improving maternity services, birth work, autonomy in pregnancy and childbirth – she supports women in their times of greatest need. As an activist for women’s rights, Erin created the Facebook art project, In Her Shoes: Women of the Eighth ... Read more

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