{"product_id":"boy-11963","title":"Boy 11963","description":"At only five months old, John Cameron was abandoned in a Dublin orphanage, and fostered out as a child labourer by\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e age three. In 1944 when he turned eight, he was incarcerated in Artane Industrial School, where he became boy 11963.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Now in his mid-eighties, John Cameron tells his shocking but inspirational story for the first time. As a child, reduced to a number, he survived savage assaults, sexual abuse and the tragic deaths of children around him. Along with other forgotten boys, he battled for his life against the heartless adversity of the church and the Irish state.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e As a young man - a much-loved schoolteacher devoted to his growing family - John was haunted by his unknown past and embarked on a lifelong quest to unravel the truth about his origins. Buried in a labyrinth of lies, he finally uncovered a story of forbidden love and passion that scandalised rural Ireland and made national headlines in the 1930s.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"Readers Paradise Book Shop Wexford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41785077825707,"sku":"","price":4.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0538\/7105\/0923\/products\/1_fd0f34c9-62b1-4c4c-94f3-59d8fbdd5bb8.jpg?v=1652780763","url":"https:\/\/readersparadise.ie\/products\/boy-11963","provider":"ReadersParadise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}