At the end of a long and eventful life, Cecily James looks back, writing of her experiences as a child in wartime Cornwall, the love affair that results in a stillborn child, a loveless marriage, and her bold decision to defy convention and return to Cornwall and the man she loves. Her memoir will not be completed-at least, not by her.
In 1960s Limerick, two teenage boys find themselves orphaned a second time when an automobile accident claims their adopted parents. Sent to one of Ireland's infamous and degrading industrial schools, the two are drawn into the sectarian troubles plaguing...
At the end of a long and eventful life, Cecily James looks back, writing of her experiences as a child in wartime Cornwall, the love affair that re...
Maddie Manning has learned that digging into family history uncovers as many shocks as it does rewards. She now knows that the man she thought was her uncle is in fact her father, and the man she used to call Dad-well, he's actually no blood relation at all. But she's also found a gem of a grandmother, Cecily, the woman who actually gave birth to her real dad at a Magdalene house in 1954.
Now it's time to unwrap the story of "the other mother," Bridie, a young Irish woman who was raped by the son of her employer and duped into entering the same Magdalene house, where she too would give...
Maddie Manning has learned that digging into family history uncovers as many shocks as it does rewards. She now knows that the man she thought was ...
