Stardust Baby: A young life scarred by tragedy
Honest and unvarnished memoir by a child orphaned after the infamous nightclub fire
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Stardust Baby
By Lisa Lawlor
Mirror Books, €14.99
When Lisa Lawlor was growing up, she heard the words “God help her” so often that they felt like part of her name. Since the Dubliner’s parents had both died in the 1981 Stardust nightclub fire, however, what she really needed was support from the people around her.
“I seemed to be a walking, living, breathing symbol of tragedy and not just an ordinary little girl,” ...