The launch of The Belfast Express by Brigid Carrick
Join us for the launch of The Belfast Express by Brigid Carrick.
Please bring pen and paper as the session will include some writing exercises to inspire your own stories.
Books will be available at the discounted price of $25.00 cash or by phone bank-transfer.
Please bring some food items for a shared lunch.
Members are free, non members are welcome to attend by purchasing a $15 ticket below.
Speaker: Brigid Carrick is the pen name of one of our members. She is a retired general nurse and midwife, born and raised in Dublin. She qualified in Ireland before emigrating to Melbourne in November 1969, where she married and raised a family. Part of her midwifery training was on district, and this took her into the slums of Dublin. Here, she was shocked by the poverty and appalling conditions in which poor people, often with large families, were forced to lived, trapped between the laws of the Irish Government, which criminalised contraception and the Catholic Church, which deemed it a mortal sin. Her novel is inspired true events in the 1970s. If you love Call the Midwife, you’ll love this book but this is also a rich history telling the true story of women’s lives that often goes unnoticed. See Breda's member profile here: Breda Bridget Hertaeg
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