Mrs. Reatha Hassan, O.B.E.

This book is a breath-taking account of trauma caused by conflict in Northern Ireland over the past thirty-five years. Jessica Temple puts it all in verse with a sensitive nature that takes the reader on a path where other writers have not been. She explores fears while acknowledging the endurance of the victims and informing the reader about great volunteers like Mrs. Hassan O.B.E. who help to pick up the pieces. This book makes impressive reading by explaining how victims, when faced with abuse, neglect, and great cruelty, are able to scrape a small amount of dignity by asking for support from a counselor. One victim who was discharged from a mental unit after several years of cruelty of all kinds was put on a plane and exiled. Her words, not Jessicas, are aSuddenly my world fell silent and I did not know what to doa