Helena Kelleher Kahn comes from a middle class Irish background. She trained as a nurse at Charing Cross Hospital in London. Helena married Jacob Kahn, a biologist. When their three sons were old enough to make it possible, Helena trained at the London School of Economics as a social worker specialising in work with disabled children. Helena and Jacob retired to Ireland in 1994. Helena joined local writer’s groups. Her work has appeared in the magazines History Ireland and The Holly Bough of Cork, a celebrated Christmas annual.
Any worker attempting to help an abused and neglected child must gain the victim’s trust – much easier said than done! The drawing took shape, the thin almost angular face with its little nose, sad mouth, and alert eyes. As I worked on the hair, I could sense Stella’s footsteps, quiet though ...
