Philomena: The Poignant True Story of a Mother and the Son She Had to Give Away
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Soon to be a major motion picture starring Judi Dench: the heartbreaking true story of an Irishwoman and the secret she kept for 50 years
When she became pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to a convent to be looked after as a “fallen woman.” Then the nuns took her baby from her and sold him, like thousands of others, to America for adoption. Fifty years later, Philomena decided to find him.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, Philomena’s son was trying to find her. Renamed Michael Hess, he had become a leading lawyer in the first Bush administration, and he struggled to hide secrets that would jeopardize his career in the Republican Party and endanger his quest to find his mother.
| Author | Martin Sixsmith |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Pan Books |
| Place | London |
| Year | 2013 |
| ISBN | 9781447245223 |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Condition | Good |
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