A review by nmj99
The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith

4.0

Although the subject matter is incensing and the story focused almost solely on the son (I would've liked to have known much more about the mother)by about half way I could not put it down. Although I found out what happened to Michael from my book club meeting (I had hesitated to start the book when I went) I became eager to keep reading and experience what it was like, not just to grow up being taken from your mother and homeland, but as a gay man in 1970s and 80s America. The fact that he achieved so much despite these impediments is even more amazing.