My mother wore a yellow dress

My mother wore a yellow dress an Irish childhood in the 1960s McKenna, Christina 1957- creator text Glasgow Neil Wilson c2004 monographic eng ix, 245 p. ; 24 cm. 'I learned about conflict from my parents.' So begins Christina McKenna's haunting memoir of her lonely early life. Recounting scenes from her chlldhood in Ulster, she paints a memorable and poignant picture of violence and oppression with her brutal father and protective mother, whose retaliation to her husband's meanness came in the form of a secret yellow dress. At age eleven, she experiences a frightening supernatural occurrence, a prolonged haunting that confirms for her the reality of the spirit world. Though it affects her deeply, she later learns to channel her confusion into twin Christina McKenna. e-uk-ni McKenna, Christina 1957- Childhood and youth Mothers and daughters Northern Ireland Biography Northern Ireland Biography CT808.M36 A3 2004 941.6’0823’092 B 1903238765 (pbk.) 2005440443 UKM 081106 20250708164120.0 14065303