A Guarded Life

A Guarded Life
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Publisher : Hachette UK
Total Pages : 211
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ISBN-10 : 9781529336009
ISBN-13 : 1529336007
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Book Synopsis A Guarded Life by : Majella Moynihan

Download or read book A Guarded Life written by Majella Moynihan and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A GARDA, A FORCED ADOPTION, A FIGHT FOR JUSTICE In 1984, Majella Moynihan was a fresh-faced young garda recruit when she gave birth to a baby boy. Charged with breaching An Garda Síochána's disciplinary rules - for having premarital sex with another guard, becoming pregnant, and having a child - she was pressured to give up her baby for adoption, or face dismissal. It forced her into a decision that would have devastating impacts on her life. Majella left the force in 1998 after many difficult years and, in 2019, following an RTÉ documentary on her case, she received an apology from the Garda Commissioner and Minister for Justice for the ordeal she endured as a young garda. Here, for the first time, she tells the full story. From an institutional childhood after the death of her mother when she was a baby, to realising her vocation of becoming a guard only to confront the reality of a police culture steeped in misogyny and prejudice, A Guarded Life is both a courageous personal account of hope and resilience in the darkest times, and a striking reflection on womanhood and autonomy in modern Ireland.


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