The Mentalist

Lily and Ceily Carney are only seven and twelve when their mother is cruelly taken from them, lea...

The Mentalist

On hearing that Jackser, her childhood abuser, is seriously ill, Martha is elated, thinking that ...

When Long's feckless mother hooks up with the Jackser, Martha is regularly sent out to beg and mo...

Originally published: Great Britain: Mainstream Publishing Company, Edinburgh, c2009.

At 16, Martha collapses on the streets, suffering from starvation and exposure. She has reached r...

'Not for the faint of heart, Long's story is a gritty, grueling, and heartbreaking testament to o...

Martha Long was born in Dublin in the early 1950s and still lives there today. She has written se...

In this latest instalment of Martha Long's real-life account of abuse, deprivation and cruelty at...

Born a bastard to a teenage mother in the slums of 1950s Dublin, Martha has to be a fighter from ...

'First Published in Great Britain in 20089 by Mainstream Publishing Company, Edinburgh.'--Title p...