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The Magdalen

The Magdalen

by Marita Conlon - Mc Kenna (Author)

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    Paperback 1999

    $3.18
Synopsis

Esther Doyle is a young Irish girl growing up in a small fishing community in Connemara in the 1950s. Her life is a stable one, bound by the slow rhythms of farming life and the joy of looking after her handicapped sister Nonie. But her existence is horribly changed when she becomes pregnant and is sent to the home for fallen women in Dublin, the Magdalen Laundry...

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 384
 Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 01 Oct 1999
ISBN 10: 0553813005
ISBN 13: 9780553813005

Media Reviews
This book pulls no punches...Marita Conlon-McKenna is breaking new ground with The Magdalen * Image Magazine *
Author Bio
Marita Conlon-McKenna is a hugely successful Irish children's writer. Her first novel, UNDER THE HAWTHORN TREE, sold 250,000 copies in the Irish market alone. Her debut adult novel, THE MAGDALEN, was a number one bestseller in Ireland, followed by PROMISED LAND, MIRACLE WOMAN, THE STONE HOUSE and THE HAT SHOP ON THE CORNER. She lives in Dublin with her husband and four children.