Caitriona Palmer had a happy childhood, raised by loving adoptive parents. In her late twenties, she located her birth mother, Sarah, and they developed a strong attachment. But Sarah set one painful condition to this joyous new relationship: she wished to keep it secret, from everyone. Who was Sarah, and why did she want to preserve a decades-old secret? This is the story of Caitriona's quest to answer these questions, and of the intense, furtive "affair" she and her mother conducted. It is a searing portrait of the social and familial forces that left Sarah—and many other unwed Irish mothers of her generation—frightened, traumatized, and bereft. It is also a beautiful account of a remarkable relationship.
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About the Author:
Caitríona Palmer writes for the Irish Independent. She lives in Washington, DC.
Review:
"Palmer . . . writes very movingly of the dislocation of the adoptee." —Sunday Express
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- PublisherPenguin Ireland
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 1844883574
- ISBN 13 9781844883578
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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