Philomena: a mother, her son and a fifty-year search
by Sixsmith, Martin.
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BookPublisher: Pan Books 2013Edition: [New] edition.ISBN: 9781447245223; 1447245229.Classification number: 920 LEEUniform titles: Lost child of Philomena Lee.Subject(s): Lee | Hess 1952-1995 | Unmarried mothers -- Ireland -- Biography | Teenage mothers -- Ireland -- Biography | Illegitimate children -- Ireland -- Biography | Politicians -- United States -- Biography | Lawyers -- United States -- Biography | Birthparents -- Ireland -- IdentificationSubject: 'Philomena' is the tale of a mother and a son whose lives were scarred by the forces of hypocrisy on both sides of the Atlantic and of the secrets they were forced to keep. A compelling narrative of human love and loss, Martin Sixsmith's moving account is both heartbreaking yet ultimately redemptive.
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Previous ed., 2009
Film tie-in
Previous edition: published as The lost child of Philomena Lee. London: Macmillan, 2009
'Philomena' is the tale of a mother and a son whose lives were scarred by the forces of hypocrisy on both sides of the Atlantic and of the secrets they were forced to keep. A compelling narrative of human love and loss, Martin Sixsmith's moving account is both heartbreaking yet ultimately redemptive.
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