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The Magdalen

by Marita Conlon-McKenna · June 2000

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Betrayed by her lover and rejected by her family, a pregnant Esther Doyle is sent to join the fallen women of Dublin's Holy Saints Convent, where she spends her time working in the Magdalen laundry while awaiting the birth of her baby.

FictionSocial conditionsUnmarried mothersFemale friendshipConventsHistoryPregnant womenFriendship, fictionDublin (ireland), fictionFiction, psychologicalFiction, general