THE IRISH NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER

Esther Doyle is a young Irish girl growing up in a small fishing community in Connemara in the 1950s. Her life is a stable one, bound by the slow rhythms of farming life and the joy of looking after her handicapped sister Nonie. But her existence is horribly changed when she becomes pregnant and is sent to the home for fallen women in Dublin, the Magdalen Laundry...

Perfect for fans of The Hungry Road and Small Things Like These

Readers love The Magdalen

''Very well written''

''What happened to these girls was so very sad. The book treated it with great insight''

''Compelling and gripping''

''I couldn''t put this book down!''