Philomena: The True Story of a Mother and the Son She Had to Give Away (Film Tie-in Edition)

ISBN-13: 9781447245223 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 452 str.

Martin Sixsmith

Opis

A compelling true story of family secrets, love and loss - now a major film starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan, directed by Stephen Frears

O autorze

MARTIN SIXSMITH was born in Cheshire and educated at Oxford, Harvard and the Sorbonne. From 1980 to 1997 he worked for the BBC as the Corporation's correspondent in Moscow, Washington, Brussels and Warsaw. From 1997 to 2002 he worked for the Government as Director of Communications and Press Secretary first to Harriet Harman, then to Alistair Darling and finally to Stephen Byers. He is now a writer, presenter and journalist. He is the author of two novels, Spin and I Heard Lenin Laugh, and several works of non-fiction, including Philomena, first published in 2009 as The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, which is the basis for Stephen Frears' acclaimed film, Philomena, starring Steve Coogan (playing the author) and Judi Dench. He lives in London.