In this episode Claire & Rebecca chat to Steven O’ Riordan who co-authored the book “Whispering Hope” about women who survived the Magdalene Laundries. Raised to advocate for those who needed his help, Steven got involved with meeting survivors of Magdalene Laundries, helping them to access the redress scheme, and took it upon himself to help to tell the stories that these women had kept quiet for far too long.

Steven’s book Whispering Hope tells the accounts of five women who survived the Magdalene Laundries. His documentary The Forgotten Maggies is available on YouTube. Watch "The Forgotten Maggies" Documentary here

Book Recommendations/Mentions:

Steven O’ Riordan:

"Whispering Hope" by Nancy Costello, Kathleen Legg, Diane Croghan, Marie Slattery and Marina Gambold, with Steven O' Riordan.

"Sophia's Story" by Susan McKay

"The Little Prisoner" by Jane Elliott

"The Light in the Window" by June Goulding

"Thirteen" by Steve Cavanagh

"Her Last Breath" by Linda Castillo

"Daddy's Little Girl" by Mary Higgins Clark

Aoife Cassidy:

Non-Fiction

"Bessborough" by Deirdre Finnerty

"Belonging" by Catherine Corless

"Against the Tide" by Dr. Noel Browne

"Republic of Shame" by Caelainn Hogan

"My Name is Bridget" by Alison O’ Reilly

"In the Shadow of the 8th" by Dr. Peter Boylan

"The Adoption Machine" by Paul Jude Redmond

"Mother and Child" by Lindsey Earner-Byrne

"Oh Captain, My Captain" by Jennifer Horgan.

Fiction

"I couldn’t Love You More" by Esther Freud

"Small Things Like" These by Claire Keegan

"Waiting for the Miracle" by Anna McPartlin

"The Secret Scripture" by Sebastian Barry

"The Paper Bracelet" by Rachel English

"A Second Life" by Dermot Bolger

Academic

"Redress" by Katherine O'Donnell, James Smith, Maeve O'Rourke

- - -

Thanks to Helen Becerra for the artwork and Mark Neville for the mixing.

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/make-it-work

License code: PLGGIGEZMJI9NR3G

---

Follow us on Instagram: @another.chapter.podcast

--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/another-chapter/message

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.