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Philomena

- The True Story of a Mother and the Son She Had to Give Away (Film Tie-in Edition)
Af: Martin Sixsmith Engelsk Paperback

Philomena

- The True Story of a Mother and the Son She Had to Give Away (Film Tie-in Edition)
Af: Martin Sixsmith Engelsk Paperback
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The extraordinary true story that inspired an acclaimed film starring Steve Coogan and Judi Dench, Philomena, by Martin Sixsmith, is a gripping tale of heartache, hypocrisy and ultimately, redemption.

It follows the lives of Philomena Lee, who, after falling pregnant in 1952, was treated as a fallen woman by Irish Catholic society, and her son, torn from her by the Church and swept across the Atlantic as one among many forced adoptions.

Philomena, shamed and coerced into signing a document promising never to attempt to see her son again, wages a secret, decades-long battle to reconnect with her lost, beloved son. Unbeknownst to her, her son has been renamed Michael Hess, and grew up to become a high-powered lawyer in the homophobic climate of the Reagan and Bush administrations. But he was a gay man in a homophobic party where he had to conceal not only his sexuality but, eventually, the fact that he had AIDS. With little time left, he returned to Ireland and the convent where he was born: his desperate quest to find his mother before he died left a legacy that was to unfold with unexpected consequences for all involved.

In this searing narrative, Sixsmith exposes a clandestine world of love, loss, secrets, and the unbroken bond of a mother and child.

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The extraordinary true story that inspired an acclaimed film starring Steve Coogan and Judi Dench, Philomena, by Martin Sixsmith, is a gripping tale of heartache, hypocrisy and ultimately, redemption.

It follows the lives of Philomena Lee, who, after falling pregnant in 1952, was treated as a fallen woman by Irish Catholic society, and her son, torn from her by the Church and swept across the Atlantic as one among many forced adoptions.

Philomena, shamed and coerced into signing a document promising never to attempt to see her son again, wages a secret, decades-long battle to reconnect with her lost, beloved son. Unbeknownst to her, her son has been renamed Michael Hess, and grew up to become a high-powered lawyer in the homophobic climate of the Reagan and Bush administrations. But he was a gay man in a homophobic party where he had to conceal not only his sexuality but, eventually, the fact that he had AIDS. With little time left, he returned to Ireland and the convent where he was born: his desperate quest to find his mother before he died left a legacy that was to unfold with unexpected consequences for all involved.

In this searing narrative, Sixsmith exposes a clandestine world of love, loss, secrets, and the unbroken bond of a mother and child.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 480
ISBN-13: 9781447245223
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1447245229
Kategori: 1950 til 1959
Udg. Dato: 10 okt 2013
Længde: 30mm
Bredde: 130mm
Højde: 198mm
Forlag: Pan Macmillan
Oplagsdato: 10 okt 2013
Forfatter(e): Martin Sixsmith
Forfatter(e) Martin Sixsmith

Kategori 1950 til 1959

ISBN-13 9781447245223

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 480

Udgave

Længde 30mm

Bredde 130mm

Højde 198mm

Udg. Dato 10 okt 2013

Oplagsdato 10 okt 2013

Forlag Pan Macmillan

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