@article{717978,
      note = {"A Tom Doherty Associates book."},
      author = {Conlon-McKenna, Marita.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/717978},
      title = {The Magdalen /},
      publisher = {Tor,},
      abstract = {"A simple girl with a true heart, Esther Doyle is a true  child of Connemara, the rugged West Country of Ireland.  Esther's world is shattered when she is abandoned by her  lover. Unmarried and pregnant, a source of shame for her  family, she is sent to the Holy Saints Convent in Dublin.  There, trapped behind high granite walls, she works the  infamous Magdalen laundry and waits for the birth of the  baby. At the mercy of the nuns, Esther works mostly in  silence alongside the other "Maggies". It is a grim place,  but Esther soon finds friendship and begins to realize that  she has more choices than she ever dreamed of and has a  strength that few suspect ..."--P. [4] of cover.},
      recid = {717978},
      pages = {348 p. ;},
      address = {New York :},
      year = {2009},
}