Jack & Jill: The Story of Jonathan Irwin - Hardcover

Irwin, Jonathan

9781781172339: Jack & Jill: The Story of Jonathan Irwin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1781172331 ISBN 13: 9781781172339

Publisher: Mercier Press, 2015

The book gives full details of the struggles to establish and maintain the Jack & Jill Foundation and its ongoing fund-raising efforts.

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About the Author:

Jonathan Irwin led an apparently charmed life as the son of glamorous bohemian parents; he was educated at Eton and then at Trinity College. He worked for 35 successful years in the horse-racing industry, until the birth of his fourth child, Jack, who within 24 hours of his birth became seriously ill. During the 22 months of Jack's life, Jonathan learned that there were no state services to help care for children like him. When Jack died he vowed that no other family would suffer the way he and his wife Mary-Ann O'Brien had, and so he set up the Jack & Jill Foundation. To date he has raised well over EURO48 million for the charity.

Review:

'Tragic and poignant but also funny and redemptive...a rollicking read' * Sunday Independent *

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