{"product_id":"my-mothers-children-annette-sills-9781781994214","title":"My Mother's Children: An Irish family secret and the scars it left behind.","description":"\u003cp\u003eIrish Mancunian Carmel Doherty's life is unravelling. She has just lost her mother Tess and brother Mikey, her marriage to Joe is coming apart at the seams and her thirty-year friendship with Karen is on the rocks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile clearing out her childhood home, Carmel discovers that her mother gave birth to a baby in an Irish Mother and Baby home when she was sixteen, a place notorious for its mass burial of babies and illegal adoptions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarmel goes on a quest for the truth about her troubled mother's past. Her roller-coaster journey takes her from her comfortable Manchester home to the west of Ireland and to London's theatre land. It's a journey that leads her to ask: Can we ever escape our own family history or is our destiny in our DNA?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA percentage of the author's royalties will be donated to ICAP, a mental health Charity offering therapy for the Irish in Britain.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Annette Sills\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1781994218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781781994214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Poolbeg Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Annette Sills","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46906928169215,"sku":"9781781994214","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f474b59d-4506-4de3-a7fe-2704dabf9d12.jpg?v=1748771796","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-mothers-children-annette-sills-9781781994214","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}