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The Magdalenes is a story of redemption and reinvention.
Jude Madigan is a successful plaintiff's attorney who lived out a nightmare and spent years keeping it hidden. After being raped and impregnated by a Catholic priest when she was 14, she has spent years creating a new life, now driven to get justice for her clients.
She buries her past and her emotions under a solid veneer of ambition, but just as she's about to bring her biggest litigation case to trial, a strange assignment is forced upon her. Her law firm is given a huge commission to handle the estate of a recently deceased woman, with the catch that Jude, and no one else, must act as trustee. The terms require her to oversee the construction and finances of a Catholic halfway house for prostitutes.
Jude fights against this agreement since she turned her back on the church years ago, and intends to keep it that way. Her boss insists she complies, not knowing about her past—or the pain of having her daughter taken from her arms minutes after birth by a nun.
Damaged and patched together with anger and shame, Jude is reluctant, but becomes involved with a group of nuns and the prostitutes they're trying to help.
But the mystery remains as to why the stranger specified her, a litigation attorney, not an estate attorney, to handle the case. Though Jude struggles both personally and professionally, she discovers that what she feared most was what she needed to heal. Every belief is tested, and a lost dream is realized.
The Magdalenes won first place in fiction at the San Antonio Writers Guild 2019. It also received a five-star review with Reader Favorites 2019.
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- Pattwee
- 10-02-23
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This was a wonderful entertaining story of Jude and how tragic events turn around for her.
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- R. G. Huff
- 04-02-24
Wonderful book
I loved everything about this book! I felt like I knew all the characters personally. I look forward to her next book
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- James H Ward
- 09-14-23
Page Turner!
One of the first books I’ve read in two days! Great characters! Highly recommend!! Definitely a page Turner!
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- bonnie l rieman
- 11-17-23
Fantastic!!!
A great book …need to read!!!
I couldn’t get out of my Tahoe and leave the book!
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- Jeanne Skartsiaris
- 01-29-25
The story and characters
Loved it all. Captivating story. I was hooked from the beginning to the end. Highly recommend.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-27-23
A must read!
Loved this book! There is much character build up and many suspense hooks…page turner!
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- Tamra Hilden
- 12-13-24
The twists and turns and I never lost interest
Some of the narrators voices were not the right fit for the characters, too masculine
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