The Magdalen / Marita Conlon-McKenna.
2009
Conlon-Mckenna (Mapit)
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Title
The Magdalen / Marita Conlon-McKenna.
Author
Conlon-McKenna, Marita.
Edition
1st U.S. mass market ed.
ISBN
9780812577686 paperback
081257768X paperback
081257768X paperback
Publication Details
New York : Tor, 2009, c1999.
Language
English
Description
348 p. ; 17 cm.
Call Number
Conlon-Mckenna
Dewey Decimal Classification
823/.914
Summary
"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.
Note
"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
"This book was originally published by Bantam Press, an imprint of Transworld Publishers, Ltd., in the United Kingdom."--T.p. verso.
"This book was originally published by Bantam Press, an imprint of Transworld Publishers, Ltd., in the United Kingdom."--T.p. verso.
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