Maren Bradigan is just sixteen years old when she is taken under false pretenses from her comfortable life on her family farm.
Now, alongside many other "Magdalens" - named for Mary Magdalen - Maren must spend her days wa.
Concerned at the level of intimacy developing between Maren and the boy who helps her father with his farm work, the village priest takes it upon himself to remove her from school and bring her to one of the convent laundries, where he delivers her into the care of the nuns.
Maren Bradigan is just sixteen years old when she is taken under false pretenses from her comfortable life on her family farm