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Sep 18, 2009 · Unmarried mother Philomena Lee was forced to give up her son to Irish nuns, who sold him on to rich Americans. For decades she tried to find him. A chance meeting with Martin Sixsmith...
Paperback – 4 September 2009. 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.
- Martin Sixsmith
Jul 2, 2010 · Synopsis. 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.
Martin Sixsmith. Macmillan, 2009 - Illegitimate children - 452 pages. When she fell pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to the convent of Roscrea, Co. Limerick, to...
Jul 2, 2010 · Pan Macmillan, Jul 2, 2010 - Biography & Autobiography - 368 pages. The Lost Child of Philomena Lee is the tale of a mother and a son whose lives were scarred by the forces of hypocrisy...
The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith. The Lost Child of Philomena Lee begins and ends in the convent of Sean Ross Abbey, Co Tipperary, Ireland, where in 1952 a dark-haired boy called ...
Sep 4, 2009 · How to even process this heart-wrenching saga of a mother cruelly separated from her child? Sixsmith relates the true story of Philomena Lee with both journalistic rigor and narrative flair. Her attempts over 50 years to locate her son after being forced to give him up to Irish nuns absolutely devastated me at times.
- Martin Sixsmith
