2nd post: Philomena

 I'm currently reading 'Philomena' by the journalist Martin Sixsmith and the partnership that Sixsmith and Philomena Lee had was subsequently turned into a film of the same name in 2013. There's not much to say from me at this point as I read the book except for the fact I'm horrified at how unforgiving the nuns were towards what they saw as 'sin'. Philomena nearly died childbirth (it was a breech pregnancy) and was denied any pain-killers as the nuns saw that as her punishment for having sinned. It's just ridiculous! I'm not a Christian (although I went to two Catholic schools) and even I know that the basic tenet of Christianity is love and compassion. Those nuns, who inflicted so much pain on Philomena, should be ashamed of themselves.