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761915A Guarded Lifehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/a-guarded-life-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/403658/396b2325-dc33-4d9b-b3af-3954f63b9ad2.jpg?v=638334555656630000191213MXNHachette Books IrelandInStock/Ebooks/<p>A GARDA, A FORCED ADOPTION, A FIGHT FOR JUSTICE</p><p>In 1984, Majella Moynihan was a fresh-faced young garda recruit when she gave birth to a baby boy. Charged with breaching An Garda Síochánas disciplinary rules - for having premarital sex with another guard, becoming pregnant, and having a child - she was pressured to give up her baby for adoption, or face dismissal. It forced her into a decision that would have devastating impacts on her life.</p><p>Majella left the force in 1998 after many difficult years and, in 2019, following an RTÉ documentary on her case, she received an apology from the Garda Commissioner and Minister for Justice for the ordeal she endured as a young garda. Here, for the first time, she tells the full story.</p><p>From an institutional childhood after the death of her mother when she was a baby, to realising her vocation of becoming a guard only to confront the reality of a police culture steeped in misogyny and prejudice, <em>A Guarded Life</em> is both a courageous personal account of hope and resilience in the darkest times, and a striking reflection on womanhood and autonomy in modern Ireland.</p>...759342A Guarded Life191213https://www.gandhi.com.mx/a-guarded-life-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/403658/396b2325-dc33-4d9b-b3af-3954f63b9ad2.jpg?v=638334555656630000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20209781529336009_W3siaWQiOiJkYmY2YWVlNS1jZWMyLTQ0ZDktYWZkZS0xZWIyMDM2MWE3MWUiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIxMywiZGlzY291bnQiOjIyLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE5MSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781529336009_<p>A GARDA, A FORCED ADOPTION, A FIGHT FOR JUSTICE</p><p>In 1984, Majella Moynihan was a fresh-faced young garda recruit when she gave birth to a baby boy. Charged with breaching An Garda Síochánas disciplinary rules - for having premarital sex with another guard, becoming pregnant, and having a child - she was pressured to give up her baby for adoption, or face dismissal. It forced her into a decision that would have devastating impacts on her life.</p><p>Majella left the force in 1998 after many difficult years and, in 2019, following an RTÉ documentary on her case, she received an apology from the Garda Commissioner and Minister for Justice for the ordeal she endured as a young garda. Here, for the first time, she tells the full story.</p><p>From an institutional childhood after the death of her mother when she was a baby, to realising her vocation of becoming a guard only to confront the reality of a police culture steeped in misogyny and prejudice, <em>A Guarded Life</em> is both a courageous personal account of hope and resilience in the darkest times, and a striking reflection on womanhood and autonomy in modern Ireland.</p>(*_*)9781529336009_<p>A GARDA, A FORCED ADOPTION, A FIGHT FOR JUSTICE</p><p>In 1984, Majella Moynihan was a fresh-faced young garda recruit when she gave birth to a baby boy. Charged with breaching An Garda Síochánas disciplinary rules - for having premarital sex with another guard, becoming pregnant, and having a child - she was pressured to give up her baby for adoption, or face dismissal. It forced her into a decision that would have devastating impacts on her life.</p><p>Majella left the force in 1998 after many difficult years and, in 2019, following an RTÉ documentary on her case, she received an apology from the Garda Commissioner and Minister for Justice for the ordeal she endured as a young garda. Here, for the first time, she tells the full story.</p><p>From an institutional childhood after the death of her mother when she was a baby, to realising her vocation of becoming a guard only to confront the reality of a police culture steeped in misogyny and prejudice, <em>A Guarded Life</em> is both a courageous personal account of hope and resilience in the darkest times, and a striking reflection on womanhood and autonomy in modern Ireland.</p>...9781529336009_Hachette Books Irelandlibro_electonico_f9befd94-fa0c-33e2-88b6-1d3609bfc1c1_9781529336009;9781529336009_9781529336009Majella MoynihanInglésMéxico2020-09-03T00:00:00+00:00Hachette Books Ireland