Philomena
I picked this book up at the library mainly because I'd seen snippets of the movie and was curious. I don't think the movie is anything like the book, though - the latter is mainly a reconstruction of Philomena's son's life, after he was adopted, with very little of Philomena in it save for the first and last chapters. It's a fascinating story, though, and one with lots of sadness and heartbreak. I can't go into too many details without giving a lot of the story away, but I will recommend the book as a good read, and one that only took me three days of nightly reading to get through. It's a story of loss, and luck, and determination, and ultimately, love.
