The Resource The Magdalen girls, V.S. ALexander
The Magdalen girls, V.S. ALexander
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The item The Magdalen girls, V.S. ALexander represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Cedar Rapids Public Library-Metro Library Network.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- Dublin, 1962. Within the gated grounds of the convent of The Sisters of the Holy Redemption lies one of the city's Magdalen Laundries. Once places of refuge, the laundries have evolved into grim workhouses. Some inmates are "fallen" women-unwed mothers, prostitutes, or petty criminals. Most are ordinary girls whose only sin lies in being too pretty, too independent, or tempting the wrong man. Among them is sixteen-year-old Teagan Tiernan, sent by her family when her beauty provokes a lustful revelation from a young priest. Teagan soon befriends Nora Craven, a new arrival who thought nothing could be worse than living in a squalid tenement flat. Stripped of their freedom and dignity, the girls are given new names and denied contact with the outside world. The Mother Superior, Sister Anne, who has secrets of her own, inflicts cruel, dehumanizing punishments-but always in the name of love. Finally, Nora and Teagan find an ally in the reclusive Lea, who helps them endure-and plot an escape. But as they will discover, the outside world has dangers too, especially for young women with soiled reputations. Told with candor, compassion, and vivid historical detail, The Magdalen Girls is a masterfully written novel of life within the era's notorious institutions-and an inspiring story of friendship, hope, and unyielding courage
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The Magdalen girls
- Title
- The Magdalen girls
- Statement of responsibility
- V.S. ALexander
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Dublin, 1962. Within the gated grounds of the convent of The Sisters of the Holy Redemption lies one of the city's Magdalen Laundries. Once places of refuge, the laundries have evolved into grim workhouses. Some inmates are "fallen" women-unwed mothers, prostitutes, or petty criminals. Most are ordinary girls whose only sin lies in being too pretty, too independent, or tempting the wrong man. Among them is sixteen-year-old Teagan Tiernan, sent by her family when her beauty provokes a lustful revelation from a young priest. Teagan soon befriends Nora Craven, a new arrival who thought nothing could be worse than living in a squalid tenement flat. Stripped of their freedom and dignity, the girls are given new names and denied contact with the outside world. The Mother Superior, Sister Anne, who has secrets of her own, inflicts cruel, dehumanizing punishments-but always in the name of love. Finally, Nora and Teagan find an ally in the reclusive Lea, who helps them endure-and plot an escape. But as they will discover, the outside world has dangers too, especially for young women with soiled reputations. Told with candor, compassion, and vivid historical detail, The Magdalen Girls is a masterfully written novel of life within the era's notorious institutions-and an inspiring story of friendship, hope, and unyielding courage
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Alexander, V. S
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3601.L35656
- LC item number
- M34 2017
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Girls
- Reformatories for women
- Historical fiction
- Label
- The Magdalen girls, V.S. ALexander
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn946693288
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 294 pages
- Isbn
- 9781496706126
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)946693288
- Label
- The Magdalen girls, V.S. ALexander
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn946693288
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 294 pages
- Isbn
- 9781496706126
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)946693288
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