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The heartbreaking true story of an Irishwoman and the secret she kept for 50 years
When she became pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to a convent to be looked after as a “fallen woman.” Then the nuns took her baby from her and sold him, like thousands of others, to America for adoption. Fifty years later, Philomena decided to find him.
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The heartbreaking true story of an Irishwoman and the secret she kept for 50 years
When she became pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to a convent to be looked after as a “fallen woman.” Then the nuns took her baby from her and sold him, like thousands of others, to America for adoption. Fifty years later, Philomena decided to find him.
Meanwhile,...
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Irlandia, rok 1952. Nastoletnia Filomena Lee zachodzi w przypadkową ciążę, rodzina wysyła ją do klasztoru w miejscowości Roscrea, w hrabstwie Limerick, do miejsca gdzie zakonnice "opiekują się upadłymi kobietami". Kiedy chłopiec, którego urodziła, kończy trzy lata, zostaje odebrany matce, "sprzedany" przez zakonnice do adopcji amerykańskiej rodzinie i wywieziony z Irlandii. Zmuszona do formalnego zrzeczenia się wszelkich praw do dziecka,...
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