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Author
Pub. Date
c1991
Description
A single mother explains to her son that his daddy left soon after he was born. Includes section with suggestions for answering the question, "Do I have a daddy?"
Una madre soltera explica a su hijo que su papa se fue poco despues que el naciera. Incluye una seccion con sugerencias para contestar la pregunta: "Yo tengo papa?"
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Description
"Do Penance or Perish tells the fascinating story of Ireland's Good Shepherd Magdalen Asylums. First brought to widespread public attention by the 2002 film The Magdalen Sisters, the asylums were homes that were founded in the mid-nineteenth century for the detention of prostitutes undergoing reform. The inmates of these asylums were discouraged - and many forcibly prevented - from leaving and sometimes were detained for life. Put to work without...
63) Snapper
Description
Comedy about a close-knit, boisterous Irish family, and the commotion that follows the oldest daughter's announcement that she is pregnant. The whole town is thrown into a tizzy when she refuses to reveal the father's name.
64) Home fries
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
A pregnant Sally unknowingly falls for the stepson of the deceased father of her baby and has to deal with his homicidal family.
65) Maggie's war
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"Winnipeg, 1942. War widow Maggie Marshall finds it hard to grieve for her abusive husband. But when Charlotte, the unwed pregnant teen in her care runs away, Maggie's childhood friend Reverend Reuben Fennel is happy to join Maggie in her pursuit to Fort William to find Charlotte though it may cost him his job and his reputation"--
66) Philomena
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Philomena focuses on the efforts of Philomena Lee, mother to a boy conceived out of wedlock--something her Irish-Catholic community didn't have the highest opinion of--and given away for adoption in the United States. In following church doctrine, she was forced to sign a contract that wouldn't allow for any sort of inquiry into the son's whereabouts. After starting a family years later in England and, for the most part, moving on with her life, Lee...
67) Philomena
Pub. Date
2014
Description
"Judi Dench stars in the story of Philomena Lee, mother to a boy conceived out of wedlock and given up for adoption. Nearly 50 years later, Philomena meets Martin Sixsmith (Steve Coogan), a former BBC reporter looking for his next big story. Together, they embark on a journey to locate her long lost son. As the pieces of the puzzle come together, the unlikely travel companions form a comic and heartwarming friendship. Based on the 2009 investigative...
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