New York Times Bestseller
The heartbreaking true story of an Irishwoman and the secret she kept for 50 years
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…
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Author : Martin Sixsmith
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Summary : New York Times Bestseller The heartbreaking true story of an Irishwoman and the secret she kept for 50 years 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 exposé 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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Author : Martin Sixsmith
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Summary : The Lost Child of Philomena Lee 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. When she fell pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to the convent at Roscrea in Co. Tipperary to be looked after as a fallen woman. She cared for her baby for three years until the Church took him from her and sold him, like countless others, to America for adoption. Coerced into signing a document promising never to attempt to see her child again, she nonetheless spent the next fifty years secretly searching for him, unaware that he was searching for her from across the Atlantic. Philomena's son, renamed Michael Hess, grew up to be a top Washington lawyer and a leading Republican official in the Reagan and Bush administrations. But he was a gay man in a homophobic party where he 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 where he was born: his desperate quest to find his mother before he died left a legacy that was to unfold with unexpected consequences for all involved. Inspired the film Philomena starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan.
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Author : P. O'Shea
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Summary : Hardcover reprint of the original 1865 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: . The Life And Miracles of Saint Philomena, Virgin And Martyr: Whose Sacred Body Was Lately Discovered In The Catacombs At Rome, And From Thence Transferred To Mugnano, In The Kingdom of Naples. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: . The Life And Miracles of Saint Philomena, Virgin And Martyr: Whose Sacred Body Was Lately Discovered In The Catacombs At Rome, And From Thence Transferred To Mugnano, In The Kingdom of Naples, . New York: P. O'shea, 1865. Subject: Philomena
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Author : Christene A. Browne
Genre : Fiction
Summary : Born in the Caribbean, Philomena Jones is abandoned by her mother and left to the mercy of her grandmother, who, after raising eight children and grandchildren, is not capable of dedicating herself to another child. Love-starved, Philomena is easy prey for the island’s new pastor. She leaves home for America, hoping to find her mother, but ends up drifting and battling mental illness. Relocated to a supportive housing facility, Philomena meets a diverse cast of women who, despite their wildly differing backgrounds and difficulties, share one common bond; their history of abuse. In this most unexpected of places, will Philomena finally find the family she has been longing for?
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Author : Martin Sixsmith
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Summary : Inspiring the film starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan, and directed by Stephen Frears, 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. With a foreword by Judi Dench, Martin Sixsmith's book is a compelling and deeply moving narrative of human love and loss, both heartbreaking yet ultimately redemptive. When she fell pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to the convent at Roscrea in Co. Tipperary to be looked after as a fallen woman. She cared for her baby for three years until the Church took him from her and sold him, like countless others, to America for adoption. Coerced into signing a document promising never to attempt to see her child again, she nonetheless spent the next fifty years secretly searching for him, unaware that he was searching for her from across the Atlantic. Philomena's son, renamed Michael Hess, grew up to be a top Washington lawyer and a leading Republican official in the Reagan and Bush administrations. But he was a gay man in a homophobic party where he 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 where he was born: his desperate quest to find his mother before he died left a legacy that was to unfold with unexpected consequences for all involved.
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Author : Martin Sixsmith
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Summary : 'The Lost Child of Philomena Lee' is the story of a mother and 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.
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Author : Martin SIXSMITH
Genre : Fiction
Summary : Philomena retrace le destin bouleversant d'une mère et de son fils qui, séparés leur vie entière, ont tout fait pour se retrouver. Lorsqu'elle tombe enceinte, en 1951, Philomena Lee n'est qu'une adolescente. Dans l'Irlande d'alors, avoir un enfant hors mariage est un péché. Rejetée par les siens, elle est envoyée au couvent de Roscrea. Pendant trois ans, Philomena travaille à la blanchisserie et ne peut voir son fils Anthony qu'une heure par jour. Une heure de soleil au milieu du labeur quotidien. Mais le 18 décembre 1955, Anthony lui est enlevé et part avec sa famille adoptive – de riches Américains. Philomena a malgré tout voué les cinquante années suivantes de son existence à chercher son fils, se heurtant sans cesse au silence de l'Eglise. Elle ignore que, de son côté, celui-ci a entrepris la même quête. Rebaptisé Michael Hess, le garçon est devenu un avocat réputé avant de travailler au sein du parti républicain sous les administrations Reagan et Bush. Il cache des années durant son homosexualité, puis sa séropositivité, à son entourage. Condamné par la maladie, il décide de partir pour l'Irlande, sur les traces de sa mère. Pour se heurter lui aussi au mutisme des religieuses... Cette histoire a été magnifiquement portée à l'écran par Stephen Frears, avec Judi Dench et Steve Coogan dans les rôles principaux. Traduit de l'anglais par Marion Roman