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Philomena (Movie Tie-In): A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search Tapa blanda - 2013
de Martin Sixsmith; Foreword by Dame Judi Dench
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Soon to be a major motion picture starring Judi Dench: 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.
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.
Detalles
- Título Philomena (Movie Tie-In): A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search
- Autor Martin Sixsmith; Foreword by Dame Judi Dench
- Encuadernación Tapa blanda
- Edición Reprint
- Páginas 448
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Penguin Books, NY USA
- Fecha de publicación 2013-11-06
- Ilustrado Sí
- ISBN 9780143124726 / 0143124722
- Peso 0.8 libras (0.36 kg)
- Dimensiones 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.1 pulgadas (21.08 x 13.97 x 2.79 cm)
- Época de 18 a UP años
- Cursos 13 - UP
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Temas
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Interdisciplinary Studies: Women's Studies
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Adoption
- Topical: Family
- Topical: Women's Interest
- Library of Congress subjects Politicians - United States, Lawyers - United States
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2013015511
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Reseñas en medios
“The extraordinary story of an extraordinary woman . . . Philomena’s tale is special. . . . It reveals a remarkable human being with astonishing fortitude and a truly humbling willingness to forgive. . . . I hope Philomena’s heroic search and her courage in allowing her story to be told will bring comfort to all who have suffered a similar fate.” —Judi Dench, from the Foreword
“A searingly poignant account of forced adoption and its consequences.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Riveting . . . Sixsmith chillingly recounts . . . this mother-and-son saga.” —Publishers Weekly
“Emotionally compelling.” —Library Journal
“Heartbreaking . . . a story that needed to be told.” —The Independent
“Delves into a woman’s grief with restraint and sensitivity.” —Independent on Sunday
“The touching story of a mother’s fifty-year search for her son.” —Sunday Times (London)
“A searingly poignant account of forced adoption and its consequences.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Riveting . . . Sixsmith chillingly recounts . . . this mother-and-son saga.” —Publishers Weekly
“Emotionally compelling.” —Library Journal
“Heartbreaking . . . a story that needed to be told.” —The Independent
“Delves into a woman’s grief with restraint and sensitivity.” —Independent on Sunday
“The touching story of a mother’s fifty-year search for her son.” —Sunday Times (London)
Citas
- Kirkus Reviews, 08/01/2013, Page 0
- Library Journal, 09/01/2013, Page 120
- Publishers Weekly, 07/22/2013, Page 0
- Shelf Awareness, 11/22/2013, Page 0
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