The Lost Child of Philomena Lee: A Mother, Her Son and a 50 Year Search by Martin Sixsmith
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I was inspired to read this by the movie, so it is natural to compare the two. There is a lot about how the Michael Hess conversations and private life details are groundless. The author says as much in his prologue. I think he got carried away and the level of in-the-room over heard dialogue would not even be credible coming from [a:Bob Woodward|15441|Bob Woodward|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1214425041p2/15441.jpg]. Take that away and, like the movie, Anthony Lee-Michael Hess is a ghost, sought by the grieving mother Philomena Lee. Based more on the author's first-hand experiencing, we are left with outside pair of three acts: The institutional basis of "fallen women" as indentured servants and baby factories for remunerative adoptions and then skipping over a middle act of Hess biography we have the concluding act of Philomena's resolution and reconnection with her son.
This audiobook version has an afterword from Judi Dench about the book and movie treatment, all very positive.
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