{"product_id":"the-orphan-at-the-irish-michelle-vernal-9781805503743","title":"The Orphan at the Irish Adoption House: Completely unputdownable, tear-jerking and addictive Irish historical fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIreland, 1920. As they take my baby away, I choke on my tears. I grew up alone, abandoned in a place like this. I won't let my newborn share the same fate.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArriving at \u003cstrong\u003eSt Patrick's Mother and Baby Home\u003c\/strong\u003e, it's not the first time \u003cstrong\u003eMary-Kate\u003c\/strong\u003e has faced hardship. She grew up in a poor orphanage in Dublin after her father died and her mother gave her up, and never stopped working for a better future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut, as her baby is taken from her arms moments after coming into this world, Mary-Kate almost loses all hope. She can't do this by herself. 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