{"product_id":"nobody-heard-me-cry","title":"John Devane: Nobody Heard Me Cry [2009] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Devane  was six weeks old when his father died, leaving his mother poverty-stricken and struggling to raise seven children alone. Further tragedy followed when, less than a year later, his older brother was killed in a road accident. His despairing mother turned to drink, and John's childhood was a nightmare of neglect and beatings. At age eight, he was sexually abused for the first time, by a neighbour. Thus began a cycle of sexual abuse that lasted throughout his childhood, by numerous people from his community, including members of a tightly run Limerick paedophile ring. Later, still not yet a teenager, he was pimped on the Limerick docklands. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy the time John was 15, he was suicidally depressed. Alcoholism and years in the wilderness ensued. However, against the odds, he made a remarkable new beginning, first by joining the army, then by returning to school and later entering university, where he qualified as a solicitor. He set up a busy practice and built a reputation for defending the criminals of Limerick when nobody else would. Then, one day, the unthinkable happened, when John received a call from police. A man was up on a charge of sexual abuse of a minor, and had requested John as his defence solicitor. Now John had a choice to make. Because this man had failed to recognise this successful lawyer as the young teenage he had abused many years before.\u003cbr\u003eThis is the extraordinary story of a life almost destroyed by abuse, and the hard choices one man made in his fight to recover himself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Devane, John","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":48056553537875,"sku":"XG80340963395","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49901441548627,"sku":"XV80340963395","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/devane-john-john-devane-nobody-heard-me-cry-2009-paperback-60313022824787.jpg?v=1733463844","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/nobody-heard-me-cry","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}