Philomena (Movie Tie-In): A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search
| AUTHOR | Sixsmith, Martin; Sixsmith, Martin; Dench, Dame Judi |
| PUBLISHER | Penguin Books (11/06/2013) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Description
New York Times Bestseller The heartbreaking true story of an Irishwoman and the secret she kept for 50 years and the basis for the major motion picture starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan 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, on the other side of the Atlantic, Philomena's son was trying to find her. Renamed Michael Hess, he had become a leading lawyer in the first Bush administration, and he struggled to hide secrets that would jeopardize his career in the Republican Party and endanger his quest to find his mother. A gripping expos told with novelistic intrigue, Philomena pulls back the curtain on the role of the Catholic Church in forced adoptions and on the love between a mother and son who endured a lifelong separation.
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ISBN-13:
9780143124726
ISBN-10:
0143124722
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
448
Carton Quantity:
18
Product Dimensions:
5.50 x 1.10 x 8.30 inches
Weight:
0.80 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Price on Product,
Movie/TV Tie-In,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
History | Europe - Great Britain - General
History | United States - 20th Century
History | Modern - 20th Century - General
Grade Level:
College Freshman
and up
Dewey Decimal:
B
Library of Congress Control Number:
2013015511
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New York Times Bestseller The heartbreaking true story of an Irishwoman and the secret she kept for 50 years and the basis for the major motion picture starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan 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, on the other side of the Atlantic, Philomena's son was trying to find her. Renamed Michael Hess, he had become a leading lawyer in the first Bush administration, and he struggled to hide secrets that would jeopardize his career in the Republican Party and endanger his quest to find his mother. A gripping expos told with novelistic intrigue, Philomena pulls back the curtain on the role of the Catholic Church in forced adoptions and on the love between a mother and son who endured a lifelong separation.
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