Philomena: a mother, her son, and a fifty-year search
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Published:
New York : Penguin Books, 2013.
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Book
Physical Desc:
vi, 420 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
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1 copy on order.

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Fifty years after giving her son up for adoption, Irishwoman Philomena Lee decides to find him, while, on the other side of the Atlantic, her son, a lawyer in the first Bush administration, struggles to find his mother.

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ISBN:
9780143124726, 0143124722, 9780143126805, 0143126806

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"First published in Great Britain as The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009" -- Title page verso.

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APA Citation (style guide)

Sixsmith, M. (2013). Philomena: a mother, her son, and a fifty-year search. New York, Penguin Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Sixsmith, Martin. 2013. Philomena: A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-year Search. New York, Penguin Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Sixsmith, Martin, Philomena: A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-year Search. New York, Penguin Books, 2013.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Sixsmith, Martin. Philomena: A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-year Search. New York, Penguin Books, 2013.

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