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Ma Vie
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Coming-of-age drama by French filmmakers Olivier Ducastel & Jacques Martineau. On his 16th birthday, Etienne (Jimmy Tavares) is given a video camera so he can record his figure skating sessions as he prepares for the French Ice Skating Cup. As he records every detail of his daily life & those close to him, he begins to develop his own developing sexuality
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Born a bastard to a teenage mother in the slums of 1950s Dublin, Martha has to be a fighter from the very start. As her mother moves from man to man, & more children follow, they live h&-to-mouth in squalid, freezing tenements, clothed in rags & forced to beg for food. This book tells the story of her early life. ...
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Born a bastard to a teenage mother in the slums of 1950s Dublin, Martha has to be a fighter from the very start. As her mother moves from man to man, & more children follow, they live h&-to-mouth in squalid, clothed in rags & forced to beg for food. The author tells the story of her early life without an ounce of self-pity. ...
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Ma, I'm Gettin Meself
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Ostracised by the other children for being a 'street kid' & put to back-breaking work by the nuns, Martha, aged thirteen, leads a lonely existence. Despite all that she has suffered Martha retains her compassion for others & continues to hope for a brighter future when she will be free to make her own way in life. ...
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Ma, I've Got Meself
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Martha is now in her thirties. Her daughter has left home & she is lonely & vulnerable. The hard knocks have taken their toll on her health. As she teeters on the brink of a nervous breakdown, a phone call summons ghosts from the past. She discovers that one of the family is dead & the others need her help. ...
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When Martha draws us back into her life, she is in her 30s & has long shaken off the shackles of her mother's partner Jackser, but her daughter has left home & Martha is in bad health, lonely & vulnerable. As she teeters on the brink of a nervous breakdown, a phone call summons ghosts from the past. ...
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Ma, It's A Cold Aul
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An instalment of Martha Long's real-life account of abuse, deprivation & cruelty at the hands of her mother's partner & the establishment, Martha is now 16 & her time at the convent school is up. It leads us through her first months of freedom. ...
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Ma, Now I'm Goin Up
In The World
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An instalment of the author's autobiography, in which, her story continues through her teenage years. At 16, she collapses on the streets, suffering from starvation, exposure & absolute exhaustion. She has reached rock bottom & something must give. Otherwise, she may come to an untimely end. ...
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Ma, I'm Gettin Meself A New Mammy

Aged 13, Martha Long is rescued by the courts from the clutches of her evil stepfather and her feckless mother. After numerous arrests for shoplifting, a judge rules that she is to be sent to a convent school. Her initial relief at escaping the abuse and neglect she suffered at home is, however, short-lived. This is her memoir.
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Aged 13, Martha Long is rescued by the courts from the clutches of her evil stepfather & her feckless mother. After numerous arrests for shoplifting, a judge rules that she is to be sent to a convent school. Her initial relief at escaping the abuse & neglect she suffered at home is, however, short-lived. This is her memoir.

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