Philomena

A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search

Martin Sixsmith

The book recounts the true story of an Irish woman, Philomena Lee, who searches for her son Anthony after being forced to give him up for adoption by the nuns at the convent where she gave birth as a teenager. It follows her journey and the parallel life of her son, who grows up in the United States, becoming a successful lawyer and a gay man during the AIDS crisis, all while unaware of his mother's relentless quest to find him.

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The Lost Child of Philomena Lee

A Mother, Her Son and a Fifty Year Search

Martin Sixsmith

The book recounts the true story of Philomena Lee, an Irish woman who was forced to give up her son, Anthony, for adoption in the 1950s by the nuns at the convent where she gave birth. It follows Anthony's life as he grows up in the United States and becomes a successful lawyer, while simultaneously detailing Philomena's search for him over five decades.

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