Magdalene Laundries Books

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Small Things Like These Small Things Like These (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as magdalene-laundries)
avg rating 4.11 — 377,358 ratings — published 2021
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The Lost Child of Philomena Lee: A Mother, Her Son and A Fifty-Year Search The Lost Child of Philomena Lee: A Mother, Her Son and A Fifty-Year Search (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as magdalene-laundries)
avg rating 3.72 — 17,684 ratings — published 2009
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The Lost Magdalene Girl The Lost Magdalene Girl (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as magdalene-laundries)
avg rating 4.13 — 245 ratings — published
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Girl in the Tunnel: My Story of Love and Loss as a Survivor of the Magdalene Laundries Girl in the Tunnel: My Story of Love and Loss as a Survivor of the Magdalene Laundries (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as magdalene-laundries)
avg rating 4.56 — 973 ratings — published
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Don't Ever Tell: Kathy's Story Don't Ever Tell: Kathy's Story (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as magdalene-laundries)
avg rating 4.02 — 2,740 ratings — published 2005
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The Magdalen Girls The Magdalen Girls (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as magdalene-laundries)
avg rating 3.83 — 11,186 ratings — published 2016
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A Dublin Magdalene Laundry: Donnybrook and Church-State Power in Ireland A Dublin Magdalene Laundry: Donnybrook and Church-State Power in Ireland (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as magdalene-laundries)
avg rating 4.78 — 9 ratings — published
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Our Lady of Charity in Ireland: The Monasteries, Magdalen Asylums, and Reformatory Schools, 1853-1973 Our Lady of Charity in Ireland: The Monasteries, Magdalen Asylums, and Reformatory Schools, 1853-1973 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as magdalene-laundries)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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Shaped by Silence: Stories from Inmates of the Good Shepherd Laundries and Reformatories Shaped by Silence: Stories from Inmates of the Good Shepherd Laundries and Reformatories (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as magdalene-laundries)
avg rating 4.31 — 16 ratings — published
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Origins of the Magdalene Laundries: An Analytical History Origins of the Magdalene Laundries: An Analytical History (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as magdalene-laundries)
avg rating 3.60 — 5 ratings — published 2010
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Prostitution and Irish Society, 1800-1940 Prostitution and Irish Society, 1800-1940 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as magdalene-laundries)
avg rating 4.55 — 11 ratings — published 2007
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Ireland's Magdalen Laundries and the Nation's Architecture of Containment Ireland's Magdalen Laundries and the Nation's Architecture of Containment (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as magdalene-laundries)
avg rating 4.08 — 40 ratings — published 2007
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Do Penance or Perish: Magdalen Asylums in Ireland Do Penance or Perish: Magdalen Asylums in Ireland (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as magdalene-laundries)
avg rating 3.70 — 81 ratings — published 2001
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The Best Catholics in the World: The Irish, the Church and the End of a Special Relationship The Best Catholics in the World: The Irish, the Church and the End of a Special Relationship (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as magdalene-laundries)
avg rating 3.99 — 602 ratings — published 2021
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Republic of Shame: Stories from Ireland's Institutions for 'Fallen Women' Republic of Shame: Stories from Ireland's Institutions for 'Fallen Women' (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as magdalene-laundries)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,042 ratings — published 2019
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My Name Is Bridget: The Untold Story of Bridget Dolan and the Tuam Mother and Baby Home My Name Is Bridget: The Untold Story of Bridget Dolan and the Tuam Mother and Baby Home (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as magdalene-laundries)
avg rating 4.09 — 389 ratings — published
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Whispering Hope: The True Story of the Magdalene Women Whispering Hope: The True Story of the Magdalene Women (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as magdalene-laundries)
avg rating 4.31 — 496 ratings — published 2015
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“Women and children were not afforded the rights of citizenship, of subjecthood, of being. They lived under threat of being erased, hidden, buried. This is why my mother tells me - halting, hesitating - that in her day it was the worst thing in the world for a girl to find herself pregnant, but worse still was for her to talk about it.”
Carmel Mc Mahon, In Ordinary Time: Fragments of a Family History