Beerinsky [Paperback]

Nicholas Besker (Author), Nicholas J. Besker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 17, 2000

.....The memoirs of how one orphan boy called a Beerinsky (the bedwetters) survived in the cruel child abuser orphanage run by overworked, sometimes sadistic disciplinary nuns. He survived without love, compassion, encouragement or individual attention. This was the practice during the world-wide TB/Flu epidemic. Other than shelter, food and clothing, the aim of the nuns was extreme discipline, thus effectively destroying all self esteem of the 200 boys in the institution.

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.....Orphaned prior to a second birthday, Nicholas J. Besker, assigned to an overcrowded Catholic orphanage, was a chronic bedwetter (Beerinsky) and became a rebel with a cause. He survived without love or nuturing until age 15. He was released to a fanatic religious foster home as house-boy. After high school he entered the unfamiliar real world ill equipped to cope. But cope he did though emotionally scarred. He learned to love and be loved.

Product Details

• Paperback: 181 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris Corp (January 17, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738808350
• ISBN-13: 978-0738808352
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,865,033 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Berrinsky, December 31, 2000

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This review is from: Beerinsky (Paperback)

How fortunate we are when blessed with parents to love & raise us! Reading this book made me realize how hard life was in the early 1900's. Illness causing parents to give their children up to orphanages in the hopes that there would be someone to save them.I could feel this little boys pain as he longed to have a family of his own, but was treated as an outcast. What a difficult road one must travel without the love and guidance from ones parents. The stories shared by Mr. Besker ranged from humorous to very sad. I found it hard to put the book down because I wanted to know what life would hand this young man next. Through hard work and a very obvious determination he found success. This book reminded me of the importance of treating others with kindness and respect because we never truly know where one has come from, how they got there or the struggles endured!