Secret Child

This is the memoir of a boy born out of wedlock to an Irish Catholic woman in the early fifties. It starts out as a boys search for his past as he returns to Ireland and then turns into a memoir that begins at a home for unwed mothers where the women are allowed to keep their child. "Gordon" doesn't......more

I enjoyed most of the book. It was as expected for a true story but the ending felt rushed and abrupt. I enjoyed the book until the final chapter.......more

Since it is based on a true story, I was expecting this book to be a bit on the slower side, but I couldn’t put it down.......more

This story has the potential to be very interesting. A man goes back to Ireland to uncover some secrets that his mother has told him never to ask about. Unfortunately, rather than writing the events like a story they are written like a documentary. Not only that, but a documentary written through th......more