Review: A sad, touching, true story about growing up in a Catholic orphanage....
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 30, 2010
This was a sad, touching, true story about the author who grew up in a Catholic orphanage with her siblings.  I've heard stories like this too often including from my father and cannot understand the thinking of nuns in those days.  It seems like most of these nuns should have never been able to be around children yet they were involved in their lives for many years.  There were instances of humor and understanding in the book, and the author did a wonderful job of portraying her childhood without self-pity, although her anger towards nuns does come through.  She felt she had a story to tell, and she told it.  It was a fascinating account of orphanages in the Depression and WWII eras.  I'm sure some good came out of living in these orphanages, too, such as self-discipline and perserverance but they came at a cost (lack of love and warmth, lack of good food and clothing, etc.).  I found this to be an emotional read, but I will read it again.  I sincerely hope that the author and her siblings have healed from all that they went through.