For so long, women, children and other victims of its’ stranglehold on Irish society were unable to speak, and it’s the survivors, as well as women like Catherine Corless who have held up to the light truths that are more horrific than anything I could ever write. If you’re going to mention the church in an Irish context, you can’t look away from the stories that need to be told. The way in which you write does so in a particularly subtle way, how did you go about writing about such a sensitive topic? The book also looks at the influence of the Catholic church, and tries to grapple with the legacy of abuse and death. I already knew both the girls so well by the time I started to write, that it was actually a joy to bounce between them. I think because it was the second book in a series, it wasn’t as hard as it could have been.
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