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Cry Salty Tears
Dinah O´dowd
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Description for Cry Salty Tears
Paperback. Over the years, Dinah suffered repeated physical assault, prolonged mental torture and destructive ignorance, yet successfully raised a family of six and nurtured the unique personality of a world superstar, her son Boy George. Here, she recounts the long and painful journey that she had to take. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BTP; JFFE3; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 110 x 21. Weight in Grams: 152.
Cry Salty Tears is the tale of a mother's survival and eventual triumph over almost unbelievable domestic hardship. Not only did Dinah O'Dowd face the harsh and unforgiving elements of her background - an upbringing in poverty-stricken 50s Dublin, teenage pregnancy and a lone journey to London, but she also fought like a tigress against the shadows cast across four decades of her life by the dark central figure of her existence, her psychotically abusive husband Gerry.
Over the years Dinah suffered repeated physical assault, prolonged mental torture and destructive ignorance, yet successfully raised a family of six ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Arrow
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
151g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099499787
SKU
V9780099499787
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Dinah O´dowd
Dinah O'Dowd was born and raised in Dublin. In 1959, at the age of 19, she escaped the suffocating atmosphere of Ireland, leaving her first born behind. It was at the pub she worked at in Woolwich that she met her future husband, Gerry O'Dowd. Over the years Dinah suffered repeated physical assault and prolonged mental torture, yet successfully bore ... Read more
Reviews for Cry Salty Tears
Compelling...an awful sort of love story, a grim protrait of domestic abuse. It is emotionally articulate and raw
Chrissey Isley
The Guardian
Searing honesty, down-to-earth description and the authentic voice of a woman who has suffered and survived
The Irish Times
An extremely harrowing account
You Magazine
[Dinah's] catalogue of abuse is spine-chilling ... Read more
Chrissey Isley
The Guardian
Searing honesty, down-to-earth description and the authentic voice of a woman who has suffered and survived
The Irish Times
An extremely harrowing account
You Magazine
[Dinah's] catalogue of abuse is spine-chilling ... Read more