title: The Unbreakable Child: A story about forgiving the unforgivable
author:  Kim Michele Richardson 
description: *Starred Review* While the abuses of Catholic priests have been making headlines in recent years, little has been heard about mistreatment at the hands of nuns. Here Richardson, who was raised in a Catholic orphanage in Kentucky in the 1960s, recounts the horrors that she and countless other children endured there and takes readers on her journey to rid herself of the awful memories. Her catharsis comes with a lawsuit, which she and 44 other survivors brought against the order that ran the orphanage. Richardson tells two simultaneous stories. In one, she recalls episodes from her childhood where her misbehavior (such as leaving soil on her panties) led to unheard-of punishments. In the other, she takes us through the steps of the group lawsuit, from the first meeting with the attorney to the first deposition where a sister was present to, finally, a settlement, the first of its kind against Catholic nuns. Richardsons candid accounts are chilling, and the strength she showswith a very supportive husband at her sideis inspiring. Remarkably, she did not abandon the church and in fact sends her children to Catholic schools. Hers is a beautifully told story about strength and an enduring faith that can lead but one place: to forgiveness. --Mary Frances Wilkens
zlib_text: “Unforgiving” Broken Deeds MC #4
  By Esther E. Schmidt
   
   
  
  Copyright © 2018 by Esther E. Schmidt All rights reserved.
   
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  This book is a work of fiction. Incidents, names, places, characters and other stuff
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  fiction. If there is any resemblance, it is entirely coincidental.
   
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  Editor:
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  DEDICATION
   “That’s right, I named my firstborn
  after the state of New Jersey,
  gotta have my very own Jersey girl.”
  ~ Ramrod ~
  ~ Esther E. Schmidt ~
  
  Table of contents
  PROLOGUE
  Chapter 01
  Chapter 02
  Chapter 03
  Chapter 04
  Chapter 05
  Ch