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New York Times Bestseller
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,...
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,...
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Publisher
Suma, Santillana USA Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Español
Description
What the nuns did to pregnant teenager Philomena's son was not unheard of in 1952 Ireland. Fifty years after the nuns sold her child to America, Philomena seeks her son. Her son has the same idea. A lawyer for the first Bush administration, the boy who now goes by Michael Hess deals with the secrets he's kept from the Republican Party as he searches for his mom.
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