How I helped Philomena track down her son sold by cruel nuns: It’s the
film about a toddler torn from his mother that is reducing grown men to
tears… but the REAL story will haunt you forever. Her story: Philomena Lee’s search for her son became the subject of journalist Martin Sixsmith’s book.
I first heard of Philomena Lee at a New Year’s party in 2004, when
her daughter Jane approached me to ask for help. She told me her mother
had just revealed a shocking secret – that she, Jane, had a long-lost
brother. Could I, a former journalist, find out more?