Nobody Heard Me Cry
An Irish boy sold on the streets, a whole life shattered
by John Devane – Hodder 2008
1960. A boy growing up in ‘Angela’s Ashes’ Limerick in poverty and neglect. Fatherless, with his family in chaos, he fell prey to the predatory clutches of a neighbour, setting off a cycle of abuse that lasted for years. Then he was taken to the docks and sold as a sexual plaything. He spent years as a child prostitute and no one was there to hear his cries for help. The legacy of abuse led to alcoholism and despair. Against all the odds, John put himself through college and became a lawyer, defending those the system spits out. However, his past caught up with him and one day a man arrived, desperate for representation and failed to recognise John, the boy he’d once abused. Now John had a terrible choice to make…