The Magdalen

First published: June 2000

Description

Betrayed by her lover and rejected by her family, a pregnant Esther Doyle is sent to join the fallen women of Dublin's Holy Saints Convent, where she spends her time working in the Magdalen laundry while awaiting the birth of her baby.

Subjects

Fiction Social conditions Unmarried mothers Female friendship Convents History Pregnant women Friendship, fiction Dublin (ireland), fiction Fiction, psychological Fiction, general

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