Poor / Katriona O'Sullivan.
Material type: TextPublication details: Dublin : Sandycove, 2023.Description: 1 online resource (320 pages)ISBN:- 9781844886227
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Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Non Fiction | The Harden Library, King's Hospital | General | 920 OSU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 31/05/2024 | 30499100000011 |
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As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan making anything of her life. She became a mother at 15 and ended up homeless. Five rackety years followed - barely coping, drinking to escape - until Katriona, now living in her father's native Dublin, hit rock bottom. 'Poor' is the extraordinary story - moving, funny, brave, and sometimes startling - of how Katriona turned her life around. During her schooldays there had been teachers who looked out for her - beacons of stability in a chaotic childhood. They planted seeds of self-belief. In Dublin when she sought help, she found mentors whose encouragement revived that self-belief. She got clean, got a flat and a job as a cleaner and, eventually, got into Trinity College. Today Dr Katriona O'Sullivan is an award-winning lecturer whose work explores barriers to education.
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