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The Lost Child of Philomena Lee: A Mother, Her Son and a Fifty Year Search by Martin Sixsmith (Paperback, 2009)
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Weighing 663g and spanning 464 pages, this book is a poignant exploration of love, loss, and the relentless pursuit of family. Recovery of Your Inner Child. The Country Girls Trilogy by Edna O'Brien.
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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. Coerced into signing a document promising `Never to Seek to Know' what the Church did with him, she never saw him again. She would spend the next fifty years searching for her son, unaware that he spent his life searching for her. Philomena's son, renamed Michael Hess, grew up to be a top lawyer and then a Republican politician in the first Bush administration. But he was also gay and in 1980s Washington being out and proud was not an option. He not only had to conceal not only his sexuality, but, eventually, the fact that he had AIDs. With little time left, he returned to Ireland and the convent in which he was born to plead with the nuns to tell him who his mother was, so that he might see her before he died. They refused. The Lost Child of Philomena Lee is the story of a mother and a son, whose lives were blighted 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherPan Macmillan
ISBN-139780230744271
eBay Product ID (ePID)91543733
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Lost Child of Philomena Lee: a Mother, Her Son and a Fifty Year Search
AuthorMartin Sixsmith
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicOpinion of the People
Publication Year2009
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages464 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height234mm
Item Width153mm
Item Weight663g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorMartin Sixsmith
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 17 Nov, 2021
Lost child
Even better than the film ,telling the story of micheal. great read hard to put down,read in a couple of days as to good to leaveVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 15 Jul, 2020
The book title is not the issue.
I was not aware that I was purchasing a second hand book, if I did, I would not have bought it.Verified purchase: Yes
- 26 Jul, 2019
Excellent read
excellent read .heartbreaking storyVerified purchase: Yes
- 27 Aug, 2019
Excellent value for money
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 04 Jan, 2025
Very large book which was a surprise ...
Very large book which was a surpriseVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 02 Feb, 2021
Sad but beautifully written
Am sending this to my sister in Germany xVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 04 May, 2024
Great thanks
Great thanksVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
