The Lost Child of Philomena Lee: The heartbreaking story of a mother and the son she had to give away by Martin Sixsmith

The Lost Child of Philomena Lee: The heartbreaking story of a mother and the son she had to give away

Martin Sixsmith

452 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir emotional informative sad medium-paced
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When she fell pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to the convent of Roscrea, Co. Limerick, to be looked after as a "fallen woman" and at the age of three her baby was whisked away and "sold" to America for adoption. C...

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