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Philomena (Movie Tie-In): A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search
Martin Sixsmith
3.49 AVERAGE
218 reviews for:
Philomena (Movie Tie-In): A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search
Martin Sixsmith
3.49 AVERAGE
I'm curious why this has yet to be published/made commercially available in the US? Political concerns of the Republican Party? Homosexual issues? Or to cover up the forced adoption situation in Ireland in the 1950's?
Great book, very much the opposite story of the movie starring Dame Judy Dench. A very important take on the ride of the “moral majority”
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I saw the film a few years ago (Judi Dench was brilliant) and wanted to read the book. Heartbreaking, touching, with unspeakable cruelty and guilt mongering, missed opportunities, bittersweet - all in all, truth is stranger than fiction. I made the mistake of trying to read it in the evening and could not sleep. As I recall, the film was much more from the perspective of Philomena and the book goes into more detail about Anthony/Michael's experiences growing up. Now I want to watch the film again.
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It was a fascinating story but it's a biography of Anthony/Michael not a story of Philomena's search for him, that was barely a footnote. There was no explanation of who Martin Sixsmith is and why he was asked to look into it.
It also reads more like a novel than a biography. If you weren't there how would you know Mary had a limpid expression? (What does that even mean anyway?) There was also a conversation between two deceased people, if they are dead how can you find out what was said?
It also reads more like a novel than a biography. If you weren't there how would you know Mary had a limpid expression? (What does that even mean anyway?) There was also a conversation between two deceased people, if they are dead how can you find out what was said?
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Such a potentially interesting exploration of power/ control and loss/ identity but so terribly written it was impossible to appreciate. The worst written book I've ever read.
The movie tells very little of Anthony/Michael's life so this book was an excellent complement to the story I had already seen. I do wish however that there was more about Philomena herself as well.
This book should be called Michael, AKA Anthony. Philomena has a small part in the narrative; however, her lack of presence is felt throughout Michael's life. I don't think that this should be listed as a biography. There is too much dialog. How can someone remember word for word what was said 25 years ago, or even 10 minutes ago? Overuse of dialog in a biography or autobiography makes me feel manipulated.