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The Magdalen

  • Imprint: Transworld Digital

  • ISBN: 9781473510227

  • Length: 384  Pages

  • RRP: £8.99

The Magdalen

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...

  • Imprint: Transworld Digital

  • ISBN: 9781473510227

  • Length: 384  Pages

  • RRP: £8.99

Reviews

  • "This book pulls no punches...Marita Conlon-McKenna is breaking new ground with The Magdalen"

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About the Author

Marita Conlon-McKenna

Marita Conlon-McKenna is a hugely successful Irish children's writer. Her first novel, UNDER THE HAWTHORN TREE , sold over 250,000 copies in the Irish market alone. Her debut adult novel, THE MAGDALEN, was a number one bestseller in Ireland. Marita lives in Dublin with her husband

Marita Conlon-McKenna

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