An Affair with My Mother
A Story of Adoption, Secrecy and Love
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
15 April 2017
Summary
A moving and gripping account of a remarkable mother-daughter relationship.
Caitriona Palmer had a happy childhood in Dublin, raised by loving adoptive parents. When she was in her late twenties, she established contact with her birth mother, Sarah, and they developed a close attachment. But Sarah set one painful condition to this joyous new relationship: she wished to keep it – to keep Caitriona – secret from her family, from her friends, from everyone.
Who was Sarah, and why…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241971734 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 024197173X |
| Author: | Caitríona Palmer |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 April 2017 |
| Weight: | 181g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
“Palmer … writes very movingly of the dislocation of the adoptee.” – Sunday Express
Palmer … writes very movingly of the dislocation of the adoptee * Sunday Express *
Caitríona Palmer
Caitriona Palmer lives in Washington, DC, where she writes for the Irish Independent and has done radio work for RTE and the BBC. She is married to a fellow-journalist, with whom she has three children.
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