How the Fanatical Legion of Mary Secreted Young Girls Away to Toil in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries

How the Fanatical Legion of Mary Secreted Young Girls Away to Toil in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries

From Louise Brangan's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted The Fallen: The Lost Girls of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries and a Legacy of Silence

By Louise Brangan | September 4, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

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“James has written a masterpiece, the novel of the decade and possibly of the century thus far.”

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Here’s What to Read Once You Get Through Weird Girl Lit 101

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Landscapes That Tell Stories: On the Power and Personality of Trees

Landscapes That Tell Stories: On the Power and Personality of Trees

Aya Kōda Considers the Ways Nature Can Emotionally Affect Us

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Nobody Thought <em>The Ginger Man</em> Would Sell a Single Copy

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Bill Dunn on the True Story Behind J.P. Donleavy‘s Irish Classic

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G’Ra Asim on <em>99 Problems Finding the 1</em>

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Nick Offerman on the Essential Wisdom of Wendell Berry

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What Ann Patchett’s <em>Whistler</em> Gets Right and Wrong About Horses

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Abdelrahman ElGendy on Writing From Inside a Prison Cell

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The Jerusalem of the East: When Billy Graham Visited Pyongyang

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Visiting Helen Keller’s Birthplace While Deaf: What it Means to Navigate Accessibility

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Rachel Kolb Explores the Contradictions of a Post-ADA World

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