The Magdalen: From the bestselling author of The Hungry Road
Aug 2014 · Random House
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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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4.6
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Aoife Mccullough
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April 5, 2024
lovely read, easy to read
Abbie Mulligan
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October 19, 2015
Very sad but a good book
Ann Hanley
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December 29, 2023
Brilliant
About the author
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, THE HAT SHOP ON THE CORNER, THE MATCHMAKER, MOTHER OF THE BRIDE, A TASTE FOR LOVE,THREE WOMEN and THE ROSE GARDEN. She lives in Dublin with her husband and four children.
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