Summary of Marie Hargreaves's The Convent

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#1 My parents, Fred and Kathleen, had five children in five years. They lived in a small rented terrace in Oldham, which was two rooms on each floor. We had no carpet or furniture, and the house stank of sewage. I was terrified of falling into the slimy waters below and drowning in poo.

#2 The poverty in my family’s home was chronic. We had no money for treats, days out, or new clothes. All that belonged in another street and another life.

#3 I loved going shopping with my mother. She would buy me new clothes, and I felt like a princess when I got home. But the trips were only a temporary escape from the heaviness of life at home. The pressure of being poor weighed on my mother.

#4 There were many accidents in our house, and I often felt guilty that I was the eldest child, and in charge of the others, while my mother was always telling me that she could rely on me.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822523869

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 24

Insights from Chapter 25

Insights from Chapter 26

Insights from Chapter 27

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

My parents, Fred and Kathleen, had five children in five years. They lived in a small rented terrace in Oldham, which was two rooms on each floor. We had no carpet or furniture, and the house stank of sewage. I was terrified of falling into the slimy waters below and drowning in poo.

#2

The poverty in my family’s home was chronic. We had no money for treats, days out, or new clothes. All that belonged in another street and another life.

#3

I loved going shopping with my mother. She would buy me new clothes, and I felt like a princess when I got home. But the trips were only a temporary escape from the heaviness of life at home. The pressure of being poor weighed on my mother.

#4

There were many accidents in our house, and I often felt guilty that I was the eldest child, and in charge of the others, while