Suffer the Little Children
The Harrowing True Story of a Girl's Brutal Convent Upbringing

This book was okay. I have read several memoires of terrible childhoods before and that's probably the reason why throughout the whole book I had the feeling that I had heard this story before. If you're reading this genre for the first time, you'll definitely love the book and warm towards author R......more

I got a copy of this book at a book club meet up where everyone brought a book with them and swapped it for a book they hadn't read. I actually had my eye on To Kill A Mocking Bird but it had gone before I could get to it. Out of all the books left this one actually appealed to me more. I have read a......more

Reading this you cant help but feel anger towards the hypocritical nuns who punished girls for things that they had no control over (like starting their menstrual cycle, really?). My heart ached for Frances and all the bad luck she has had in life, but writing this book and suing the nuns who caused......more

As I reflect through my notes on this book, I feel the overwhelming to get something off my chest about this book, but I'll retain my composure and explain my review calmly. These girls put trust in the nuns who cared for them, and that was totally dashed once they abused their position as a nun. Wh......more

Terrible sad story but needs to be told......more