{"product_id":"nobody-heard-me-cry","title":"Nobody Heard Me Cry","description":"John Devane was six weeks old when his father died, leaving his mother poverty-stricken and struggling to raise seven children alone. Further tragedy followed when, less than a year later, his older brother was killed in a road accident. His despairing mother turned to drink, and John's childhood was a nightmare of neglect and beatings. At age eight, he was sexually abused for the first time, by a neighbour. Thus began a cycle of sexual abuse that lasted throughout his childhood, by numerous people from his community, including members of a tightly run Limerick paedophile ring. Later, still not yet a teenager, he was pimped on the Limerick docklands. By the time John was 15, he was suicidally depressed. Alcoholism and years in the wilderness ensued. However, against the odds, he made a remarkable new beginning, first by joining the army, then by returning to school and later entering university, where he qualified as a solicitor. He set up a busy practice and built a reputation for defending the criminals of Limerick when nobody else would. Then, one day, the unthinkable happened, when John received a call from police. A man was up on a charge of sexual abuse of a minor, and had requested John as his defence solicitor. Now John had a choice to make. Because this man had failed to recognise this successful lawyer as the young teenage he had abused many years before. This is the extraordinary story of a life almost destroyed by abuse, and the hard choices one man made in his fight to recover himself.","brand":"John Devane","offers":[{"title":"Hodder Headline Ireland \/ 2009 \/ A45","offer_id":54865574232405,"sku":"9780340963395","price":3.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0501\/4188\/8668\/files\/content_fcfcd536-524d-4e43-a4eb-f752cfccc46e.jpg?v=1788714306","url":"https:\/\/www.bookworld.ie\/products\/nobody-heard-me-cry","provider":"Book World Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}