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Say nothing, a true story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland, Patrick Radden Keefe

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Say nothing, a true story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland, Patrick Radden Keefe

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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mapsillustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Say nothing

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bibliography

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Patrick Radden Keefe

Sub title

a true story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland

Summary

In December 1972, Jean McConville, a thirty-eight-year-old mother of ten, was dragged from her Belfast home by masked intruders, her children clinging to her legs. They never saw her again. Her abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I.R.A. was responsible. But in a climate of fear and paranoia, no one would speak of it. In 2003, five years after an accord brought an uneasy peace to Northern Ireland, a set of human bones was discovered on a beach. McConville's children knew it was their mother when they were told a blue safety pin was attached to the dress-with so many kids, she had always kept it handy for diapers or ripped clothes

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