This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this novel are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.
THE MAGDALEN
Copyright © 1999 by Marita Conlon-McKenna
This book was originally published by Bantam Press, an imprint of Transworld Publishers, Ltd., in the United Kingdom.
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form.
Edited by Claire Eddy
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eISBN 9781429968102
First eBook Edition : August 2011
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Conlon-McKenna, Marita.
The Magdalen / Marita Conlon-McKenna.—1st ed. p. cm.
“A Tom Doherty Associates book.”
1. Dublin (Ireland)—Fiction. 2. Unmarried mothers—Fiction. 3. Female friendship—Fiction. 4. Pregnant women—Fiction. I. Title.
PR6053.0456 M37 2002
823’.914—dc21
2001054741