When Irish Eyes are NOT Smiling

A fictional tale based on the true story of what happened when Anne and her family moved from Ireland to South Africa in the 1960s, at the age of 14.

Growing up surrounded by things she did not like – apartheid, abuse, anxiety, alcoholism.

Can words said so many years ago affect a life? Can being abused lead you to drugs, alcohol, suicide? Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will ALWAYS hurt me. Bones mend, but the pain caused by abuse lives on forever.

Two girls, two different stories ~ but they lived them together. Behind their constant laughter and gaiety, lay their hurt, their pain, their anxiety.