{"product_id":"9781847928467-the-fallen","title":"The Fallen","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Magdalene Laundries and Ireland’s Legacy of Silence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen the gates of the last Magdalene Laundry closed in 1996, Ireland moved on. Or so it seemed. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Enraging . superb'\u003c\/b\u003e JOHN BANVILLE, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Remarkable' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An extraordinary gift . both an education and a page-turner' \u003c\/b\u003eDOIREANN NÍ GHRÍOFA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Highly readable and intelligently engaging'\u003c\/b\u003e FINTAN O'TOOLE, \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Indispensable' \u003c\/b\u003eANNE ENRIGHT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A terrific unearthing of Ireland's shadowland. A landmark book' \u003c\/b\u003eRORY CARROLL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Vivid, fluent . a serious contribution to a subject that has still not been laid to rest'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Powerful . authoritative, passionate' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished to coincide with the thirtieth anniversary of the last Laundry’s closure, The Fallen is the forgotten story of the Magdalene Laundries, told through the voices of the women who endured them, the nuns who presided over them and the communities that lived alongside them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnflinching and compassionate, Louise Brangan draws on archives and survivors’ testimonies to dismantle long-held myths about what the Laundries were, who was sent to these places of violence and secrecy, and why. As we move from the past into the present, Brangan compels us not only to confront this shameful history, but to ask a deeper question: what do we choose to remember?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Engrossing … it feels part novel'\u003c\/b\u003e MARY McCARTHY, \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Critical, informed and beautifully written' \u003c\/b\u003eMÁIRÉAD ENRIGHT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A forensic . detailed and haunting history' \u003c\/b\u003eSEÁN O’HAGAN, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinner of the 2024 Royal Society of Literature Giles St Aubyn Award\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56409906446710,"sku":"9781847928467","price":20.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_39939275.jpg?v=1770831030","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781847928467-the-fallen","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}