Reviews round-up
The Fallen
by Louise Brangan
6 of 6 critics positive
6 reviews: 1 rave, 5 positives
What the critics said
“fluent and deeply compassionate account makes a serious contribution”
The Fallen - The Magdalene Laundries and Ireland’s Legacy of Silence: A perversion of any basic humanity
“Grim story of Magdalene laundries just short of steaming with rage”
Mick Clifford: Grim story of Magdalene laundries just short of steaming with rage
“engrossing new book”
The Fallen by Louise Brangan review: The Magdalene Laundries and how ‘Small Things Like These’ got it ‘wrong’
“an enraging account of Ireland’s Magdalene laundries”
The Fallen by Louise Brangan review – an enraging account of Ireland’s Magdalene laundries | History books
“A devastating new book reveals a century of shame”
‘The door locked and you never left’: The true horror of the Magdalene Laundries
“a forensic history of Ireland’s Catholic-run workhouses”
The ‘banal brutality’ of the Magdalene Laundries
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