Stories like this are so important to be told. They are a heartbreaking part of our history and they must be out in the world for us to learn to do better. When you know better you do better. I commend the authors for creating this story and speaking out about what this country was built on and making that we can create a better future for our children to live in.

Invisible Prisons is a story that had to be told. As a fellow Canadian from Nova Scotia this story hit very close to home. Jack Whalen is courageous and Lisa Moore is one heck of a writer.
As these two collaborate to tell the horrific abuse Jack Whalen suffered as a young boy in Whitbourne Boy’s School in St. John’s Newfoundland. The more I turned the pages, the more my anger rose.
Jack was a mischievous boy, with a marvellous Mother Alice. Unfortunately Jack’s luck ran out with the law and at the age of 13, he was sent to reform school. As a Mother of 4, I couldn’t imagine the anguish Alice must of felt when they whisked Jack away, knowing there was nothing she could do.
Jack ran away from Whitbourne many times during his time there, often brought back to solitary confinement. Time and time again in a black hole isolated.
Jack Whalen is fighting to have the statute of limitations removed from sexual, child abuse cases. There needs to be justice for all victims of these institutions. Reform or residential schools that have altered the life of an innocent child need to face the consequences, no matter how much time has passed.
Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House for the early copy.