| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 08 min.)) : digital |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Performed by Lauren Reilly. |
| Summary |
In 1937, Mary Margaret Joyce is born in the Tuam Home for unwed mothers. After spending her early years in an uncaring foster home, she is sentenced by a judge to an industrial school, where she is given the name Peg, and assigned the number 27. Amid 100 other unwanted girls, Peg quickly learns the rigid routine of prayer, work, and silence under the watchful eye of Sister Constance. Her only respite is an annual summer holiday with a kind family in Galway. At the tender age of 13, Peg accidentally learns the identity of her birthmother. Peg struggles with feelings of anger and abandonment, while her mother grapples with the shame of having borne a child out of wedlock. The tension between them mounts as Peg, now becoming a young adult, begins to make plans for her future beyond Ireland. Based on actual events, The House Children is a compelling story of familial love, shameful secrets, and life inside Ireland's infamous industrial schools. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Teenage pregnancy -- Juvenile fiction.
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Teenage parents -- Juvenile fiction.
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Unmarried mothers -- Juvenile fiction.
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Ireland -- Juvenile fiction.
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| Added Author |
Reilly, Lauren, narrator.
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| Added Title |
hoopla (Digital media service)
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| ISBN |
9781664990791 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1664990798 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT14794352 |
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