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Why God Hates Me : A Memoir by Patricia Barton is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Growing up poor, fatherless and unwanted in a small Canadian town in the 1950's, Patricia Barton had plenty be sorry about. Spitting out the host at her Holy Communion it seemed that she had even failed God. 'Shame on you – You should be ashamed of yourself.' I was ashamed. Ashamed of all the things I have done wrong and ashamed of all the things I should have done. Life was hard. I tried not to make mistakes. After years of abuse and neglect, Patricia ran away from home at the age of 13, searching for her father and a better life. Instead she finds herself in an orphanage, alone and abandoned again. Refusing to give up on her dreams, her persistence and passion for learning win her a scholarship. At 16, when released from the Home, she goes to live with her older sister in a tiny room. Life still has challenges but she is making her own way. Patricia's journey is a heart-warming and at times confronting. It is a series of adventures - picaresque, interesting and sometimes even bizarre - but through it all she never loses sight of her dreams. She wins a beauty contest, travels to Europe, becomes an actress and moves to Australia with her new husband where she becomes a successful m

Who reads Why God Hates Me : A Memoir?

Author

Patricia Barton

Publisher

Big Sky Publishing Pty, Limited

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781922132222

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, History, Biography