Media interest anticipates UK book launch

In the last two weeks, Kathy's Real Story has been subject of large news feature articles in The Daily Telegraph, the Catholic Herald, The Irish Post as well as being mentioned in The Observer.
The UK launch date for the book is Monday May 5th 2008 in London.

The Daily Telegraph Wednesday 5th March 2008
Mis lit: Is this the end for the misery memoir? by Ed West.

The Observer
Oh no, not another psychopathic nun
by Catherine Bennett, Sunday March 9 2008

The Irish Post
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Feud between warring authors set to hot up
by Fiona Audley

The Catholic Herald
Church abuse memoir was fictional, says investigator
Feb 8, 2008 page 2

The Daily Mail (UK)
Just before the book's publication in Ireland, it was featured in a two page spread in the UK's Daily Mail.
Lies of Little Miss Misery - memoir of abused girl is a fake, says new investigation


On the one day, Wednesday 5th March 2008 there were three major articles in The Independent, The New York Times and The Daily Telegraph about fraudulent "misery memoirs". Kathy's Real Story meets the zietgeist head on.
Ride the wave, order the book from Gardners.

O'Beirne Family happy after High Court challenge

Letter of Mary O'Beirne (sister of Kathy) to editor of The Irish Daily Mail

Dear Sir,

On behalf of the O’Beirne family I wish to say thank your newspaper for your part in exposing the hurtful lies and baseless alegations made by our sister Kathy O’Beirne in her book 'Don’t Ever Tell.'
We greatly appreciate your decision in 2006 and 2007 print news articles exposing her school records, which alone show her story to be untrue.
What our sister has done is defame many innocent people with an eye to making money - nothing else. If people wish to know the startling truth about what Kathy O’Beirne was really up to in her life they should read the book, ‘Kathy’s Real Story’ by one of your journalist Hermann Kelly, he who she tried to beat up on TV3 before Christmas. ‘Kathy’s Real Story’ will open their eyes to the malice and greed behind her fabricated stories.
In last week’s Daily Mail, Kathy is quoted as being happy, vindicated, and not bothered if the case went ahead - all bluff of course.
Last week at the High Court, we had a large number of powerful witnesses lined up in court to rip her story to threads. Seeing this, our sister agreed to vacate the family home within six months that it be sold and divided among the nine siblings. - Why would she be happy about vacating a house she has lived in for over a decade?
This is a major climb down on her part, and it shall not be the last until our father is fully vindicated.
This matter is not yet over because we shall not rest until everyone who read her claims is made aware of the real story. Many thanks for your paper’s part in ripping down the wicked web she weaves.
Yours sincerely,

Mary O’Beirne - O’Gorman.
Clondalkin,
Dublin 22

25/2/08

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The Irish Independent 20/2/08 *article 1

The Irish Independent 20/2/08 * article 2