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Evelyn: A True Story

Evelyn: A True Story

Evelyn Doyle

Told thought the eyes of his daughter Evelyn, this is the true story of a father's fight to reclaim his children from the Irish government in the 1950s, now a major film.
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Desmond Doyle, 29, a painter and decorator, is married with six children and living in the infamous Fatima Mansions in Dublin in 1953. One day he comes home to find his wife has left him. He decides to go to England to find work and is advised to put his children into the state Industrial Schools system for a short time until he returns. When he returns he is told to his horror that the children have been consigned to the state until they are 16. This is the story of how Desmond Doyle fought the Irish legal system to change the law and win back his family. Told through the eyes of Evelyn, Desmond's nine-year-old daughter, this is a moving and poignant true story, beautifully told.

Title - Evelyn: A True Story

Edition -

Author - Evelyn Doyle

ISBN 13 - 9780752842288

Imprint - Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )

Publisher - Orion Publishing Co

Date Published - 06/03/2003

Prize -

No. of pages - 240

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 111 x 178 x 21mm

Weight - 160 g

Languages - English