Sold into Marriage.
Author: BOYNE, Sean.
Dublin: O’Brien Press, 2002 (reprint). 189 pages. Paperback.
“The true story of a sixteen-year-old Irish girl sold by her father as a bride to an elderly farmer for money, a Morris Mini car - and the promise of land. A shocking account of cruelty, greed, domination. The trading of girl-for-money is followed by abuse, forced isolation and absolute control. It robbed her of her youth, scarred her for life. Nobody managed to prevent this terrible event happening. Some tried, but failed. Others simply went silently along with it. This book reveals a story of life beyond imagination. This did not happen in the Dark Ages. It happened in Ireland in the 1970s. This woman is still in her early forties.”
ISBN: 0862785812
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