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Philomena a mother, her son, and a fifty-year search

"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, swore her to secrey, and sold him, like thousands of others, to America for adoption. Fifty years later, Philomena broke her s...

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Main Author: Sixsmith, Martin
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Books, 2013.
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Lee, Philomena.
Hess, Michael A., > 1952-1995.
Teenage mothers > Ireland > Biography.
Unmarried mothers > Ireland > Biography.
Illegitimate children > Ireland > Biography.
Lawyers > United States > Biography.
Politicians > United States > Biography.
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Summary:"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, swore her to secrey, and sold him, like thousands of others, to America for adoption. Fifty years later, Philomena broke her silence and decided to find him. . . ."--Back cover.
Item Description:"First published in Great Britain as The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009."
Physical Description:vi, 420 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN:9780143124726 (pbk.)
0143124722 (pbk.)
Author Notes:Martin Sixsmith was educated at Oxford, Harvard and the Sorbonne. From 1980 to 1997, he was the BBC correspondent in Moscow, Washington, Brussels and Warsaw. From 1997 to 2002, he worked as the director of communications and press secretary for Harriet Harman, Alistair Darling, and Stephen Byers. He is the author of two novels, Spin and I Heard Lenin Laugh. His non-fiction work, The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, is the basis for the film Philomena starring Steve Coogan and Judi Dench.

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