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Patrick tells of how she was sent to a 'baby laundry' for unmarried mothers in 1960s London, when she was 19. Run like a Victorian workhouse, this convent was harsh, and the nuns vilified and degraded her, and her son was taken from her when he was born. 30 years later, she eventually reunited with him.
Synopsis
A shocking but ultimately uplifting story of a young woman who was sent to a 'baby laundry' for unmarried mothers in 1960s London