{"product_id":"philomena-movie-tie-in-philomena-movie-tie-in-a-mother-her-son-and-a-fifty-year-search-9780143124726","title":"Philomena (Movie Tie-In): Philomena (Movie Tie-In): A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe heartbreaking true story of an Irishwoman and the secret she kept for 50 years and the basis for the major motion picture starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When she became pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to a convent to be looked after as a \"fallen woman.\" Then the nuns took her baby from her and sold him, like thousands of others, to America for adoption. Fifty years later, Philomena decided to find him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, Philomena's son was trying to find her. Renamed Michael Hess, he had become a leading lawyer in the first Bush administration, and he struggled to hide secrets that would jeopardize his career in the Republican Party and endanger his quest to find his mother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A gripping exposé told with novelistic intrigue, \u003ci\u003ePhilomena\u003c\/i\u003e pulls back the curtain on the role of the Catholic Church in forced adoptions and on the love between a mother and son who endured a lifelong separation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Sixsmith\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several fiction and nonfiction books and is a former BBC journalist and director of communications for the British government. He lives in London. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJudi Dench\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the world's most celebrated actresses and has received numerous awards for her work, including eleven BAFTA awards, two Golden Globes, a Tony Award, and an Academy Award. Her most recent films are \u003ci\u003eThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSkyfall\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409749152018,"sku":"9780143124726","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_41d56e83-8dc9-4b20-a946-052a0d9aeb5e.jpg?v=1729293522","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/philomena-movie-tie-in-philomena-movie-tie-in-a-mother-her-son-and-a-fifty-year-search-9780143124726","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}