The harrowing true story of a terrorised childhood, torn apart by violence & overcome with courage. From the age of 5 John was beaten, mercilessly & relentlessly, by his father. After enduring years of cruelty, John finally snapped when he was thirteen & threatened his father with a kitchen knife. His response? He sent John to the notorious St Vincent's school, run by a group of Catholic Irish Brothers. St Vincent's taught a very different set of Christian principles from love & forgiveness. Tormented physically & sexually by one boy in particular, & by the Brothers in general, John realised he would have to fight to survive. Please Don't Make Me Go tells in heart-rending detail of beatings, the weapons fashioned from toilet chains & stones, & the loneliness - but we also see John's friendship with his only protector at the school, Father Delaney & best friends Bernard & his unstinting love for his mother who continued to suffer at the hands of his violent father. Please Don't Make Me Go is the heartbreaking story of a forgotten boy & an example of the resilience of the human spirit.