Lives Less Ordinary
Lives Less Ordinary
BBC World Service
Sugar sandwiches and smarts: a poor kid's fairytale ending
39 minutes Posted May 21, 2023 at 11:30 pm.
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Raised by addicts, Dr Katriona O'Sullivan defied the odds to become a university lecturer.

Her parents were addicted to heroin, she was neglected and not fed. But for the care she received from two influential teachers and the occasional stroke of luck, life may have gone in a very different direction.

Katriona's written a book about her life called Poor.

Presenter: Mobeen Azhar

Producer: Edgar Maddicott