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Biography/Memoir
Book Details:
Price:
€24.99
Binding: hb
Pages: 304
Size: 234x156mm
ISBN-10 1-84717-066-8
ISBN-13 978-1-84717-066-8
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A fascinating story of love and campaigning for equality and social justice. When Katherine Zappone and Ann Louise Gilligan met it was love. It has been love through twenty-seven years together. But that love had consequences which brought this couple to the High Court, and beyond. They met at Boston College. Returning to Ireland, their relationship had to be kept secret. Jobs were at stake, and elevation to positions of authority could be jeopardised.
What would happen if one of them died? Only a married couple received the support of the state in such circumstances.
Ireland rejected their Canadian marriage and they had to make a huge decision: to go public and fight or to stay quiet and suffer the consequences? Here they offer their deeply personal story – out loud for all to read.
Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Contents Pages
The Shanty Educational Project
Links
Ann Louise & Katherine's website about their courtcase
Praise for Our Lives Out Loud
'a book about absolute optimism and courage.' Clare People
‘Our Lives Out Loud is animated by the idealistic spirit of these two women’ Sunday Business Post
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