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Cuando la adolescente irlandesa Philomena Lee se queda embarazada en 1952, la envían al convento de Roscrea, en el condado de Tipperary, para que se hagan cargo de ella al considerarla mujer de mala vida. Allí cuida de su bebé durante tres años, hasta que la iglesia se lo arrebata y lo vende, como a muchos otros, para entregarlo en adopción en Estados Unidos. Aunque la obligan a firmar un documento en el que promete no intentar volver a ver a su hijo nunca más, pasa los siguientes cincuenta años de su vida buscándolo en secreto, sin saber que él también la está buscando desde el otro lado del Atlántico.
Con la misma fuerza narrativa que novelas de la talla de Las cenizas de Ángela o Las hermanas de la Magdalena, Philomena relata la historia real de una madre y un hijo cuyas vidas estuvieron marcadas por las fuerzas de la hipocresía a ambos lados del Atlántico y de los secretos que fueron obligados a guardar. Esta conmovedora historia de Martin Sixsmith, es una impactante narración llena de amor y pérdida, desgarradora pero a la vez claramente redentora.
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