Book description
Two women meet in a Dublin café on a winter afternoon – an encounter that will change both their lives forever.
Tess has no idea who this woman Maeve is, or why she has approached her like this, out of the blue. She says that she has important information about…
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1 author picked A Good Enough Mother as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
In this wonderful, multi-layered novel, the author delves into the shameful history of mother and baby homes where babies simply ‘disappeared’ and were given new identities while their mothers were working in the laundries or still nursing their newborns.
I’m familiar with the stories of women like Eileen, Maeve, and Joanie and their lives after they left such institutions. I liken this book to a tapestry that pulled the strands of many stories together. It weaved through four generations to reach an era when society can look back in horror at what went on behind high walls. And, yet, as…
From Laura's list on children living under assumed identities.
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