A quest for the secrets of Ireland's shame-industrial complex.
Caelainn Hogan was born in Dublin in 1988. Her journalism has featured in The New York Times Magazine, Harper's, The New Yorker (online), VICE Magazine, The Guardian, Al Jazeera English, The Irish Times and The Dublin Review. Republic of Shame is her first book.
At least in The Handmaid's Tale they value babies, mostly.
Not so in the true stories here.
[A] furious, necessary book
Achingly powerful ... There will be many people who don't want to
read Republic of Shame, for fear it will be too much, too
dark, too heavy. Please don't be afraid. Read it. Look it in the
eye * Irish Times *
Utterly brilliant. Please read it
Hogan's captivatingly written stories of people who were consigned
to what she calls the "shame-industrial complex" puts faces - many
old now, and lined with pain - to the clinical data. ... Brilliant
* Sunday Times *
[A] searing account of the Church's treatment of women during its
period of dominance over Irish society ... It is never less than
compelling * Irish Independent *
Republic of Shame is a careful, sensitive and extremely well
written book - but it is harrowing. It would break your heart in
two
Riveting, immensely insightful and horrifically recognisable
A must read for everyone
Compelling ... devastatingly human, [Republic of Shame] will
make you shake with sadness and anger * RTE Guide *
A beautifully written and impeccably researched book ... We need
more books like this
Caelainn's book brings real people to the fore * Hot Press *
A vital and damning portrait of Ireland's mother and baby homes *
GCN.ie *
I've laughed, cried & RAGED reading this book
For anyone interested in understanding modern Ireland. A compelling
and beautifully written investigation into institutions for "fallen
women" and the culture which facilitated them
Caelainn Hogan's harrowing account of the "shame industrial
complex" shows how the legacy of Ireland's treatment of "fallen
women" remains part of the scenery of modern life * Totally Dublin
*
[A] sensitive, can't-look-away book ... Through moving stories,
Hogan shows how the past is still present * NPR *
A gripping, eye-opening and challenging read ... Hogan sheds light
on the darkest corners of our recent history in Ireland, but also
holds up a mirror to today * Dublin Inquirer *
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