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Like young girls everywhere, Katriona O’Sullivan grew up bright, enthusiastic and curious. But she was also surrounded by abject poverty and chaos, and after she became pregnant and homeless at fifteen, what followed was five years of barely surviving.
Yet today Katriona is an award-winning academic whose work explores barriers to education for girls like her.
What set Katriona on this unexpected path were the mentors and supporters who truly saw her.
The teachers who showed her how to wash in the school toilets or turned up at her door to convince her to sit her GCSE.
The community worker who encouraged her to apply for training schemes.
The friend who introduced Katriona to Trinity College Dublin’s access programme while she was a cleaner. Simple acts that would turn her life around.
Told with warmth, clarity, and compassion- compassion for her parents for her younger self, for others - Poor is both astonishingly personal testimony and an impassioned plea for the future of our children.
(Fearless, funny and searing honest Adil Ray OBE), (One of the books of the year. Patrick Kielty, The Late Late Show, RTE One.)
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Like young girls everywhere, Katriona O’Sullivan grew up bright, enthusiastic and curious. But she was also surrounded by abject poverty and chaos, and after she became pregnant and homeless at fifteen, what followed was five years of barely surviving.
Yet today Katriona is an award-winning academic whose work explores barriers to education for girls like her.
What set Katriona on this unexpected path were the mentors and supporters who truly saw her.
The teachers who showed her how to wash in the school toilets or turned up at her door to convince her to sit her GCSE.
The community worker who encouraged her to apply for training schemes.
The friend who introduced Katriona to Trinity College Dublin’s access programme while she was a cleaner. Simple acts that would turn her life around.
Told with warmth, clarity, and compassion- compassion for her parents for her younger self, for others - Poor is both astonishingly personal testimony and an impassioned plea for the future of our children.
(Fearless, funny and searing honest Adil Ray OBE), (One of the books of the year. Patrick Kielty, The Late Late Show, RTE One.)
