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008 080806r20091999nyu 000 1 eng d
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100 1 $aConlon-McKenna, Marita.
245 14 $aThe Magdalen /$cMarita Conlon-McKenna.
250 $a1st U.S. mass market ed.
260 $aNew York :$bTor,$c2009, ℗♭1999.
300 $a348 pages ;$c17 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $a"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
500 $a"This book was originally published by Bantam Press, an imprint of Transworld Publishers, Ltd., in the United Kingdom."--Title page verso.
520 $a"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 ..."--Page 4 of cover.
650 0 $aConvents$vFiction.
650 0 $aUnmarried mothers$vFiction.
650 0 $aFemale friendship$vFiction.
650 0 $aPregnant women$vFiction.
651 0 $aDublin (Ireland)$vFiction.
655 0 $aPsychological fiction.
655 7 $aHistorical fiction.$2gsafd
938 $aBaker & Taylor$bBKTY$c7.99$d6.39$i081257768X$n0007899285$sactive
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$nBK0007899285
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948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN PMR - 33 OTHER HOLDINGS