Mama Tina

Sequel to Bridge Across My Sorrows which I read after seeing the movie 'Noble'. Continues the story of Christina and her work with the children of Vietnam, and later Mongolia. 'So much had happened in the years since I had first had that dream. When I dreamt it, one night in 1971, my life was simply a struggle for survival, and it truly was a question of life or death. At that time I was married to a man who abused me as I'd been abused my whole life. In the course of my childhood I'd been orphaned, abandoned, raped and imprisoned in institutions. In the years of our marriage Mario took away any shred of self-respect I had left. But he gave me the greatest possible gift, my three wonderful children' (p. 21). An outstanding story by a show more truly remarkable humanitarian, Christina is actually doing what many of us dream about doing. Outstanding, full of stories of hope and despair. show less

The sequel to Bridge Across My Sorrows, this book tells how the two books came to be written and focuses chiefly on CN's charitable work. Where parts of her agonising life in Dublin is told, they are thankfully not straight repeats from the earlier book. If I were not already a sponsor of a child, I would most certainly have been moved to help this inspiring larger-than-life character in her work. An extraordinary spirit!