An Affair with My Mother

A Story of Adoption, Secrecy and Love

Caitríona Palmer

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Penguin Books Ltd
15 April 2017

Autobiography: general; Social work; Adoption

A moving and gripping account of a remarkable mother-daughter relationship

Caitriona Palmer had a happy childhood in Dublin, raised by loving adoptive parents. When she was in her late twenties, she established contact with her birth mother, Sarah, and they developed a close attachment. But Sarah set one painful condition to this joyous new relationship- she wished to keep it - to keep Caitriona - secret from her family, from her friends, from everyone.

Who was Sarah, and why did she want to preserve a decades-old secret? An Affair with My Mother tells the story of Caitriona's quest to answer these questions, and of the intense, furtive 'affair' she and her mother conducted in carefully chosen locations around Dublin. By turns heartwarming and heartbreaking, An Affair with My Mother is a beautifully and tenderly written account of a remarkable relationship that has survived seemingly intolerable pressures.

By: Caitríona Palmer
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 181g
ISBN: 9780241971734
ISBN 10: 024197173X
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 15 April 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Caitriona Palmer lives in Washington, DC, where she writes for the Irish Independent and has done radio work for RTE and the BBC. She is married to a fellow-journalist, with whom she has three children.