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Written by Anne Biggs, the book is a fictional re-telling of the author’s own birth and adoption story.

CLOVIS, CALIF., February 19, 2016—HBE Publishing is proud to announce the release of “The Swan Garden” written by Anne Biggs. The book was published under the company’s imprint publisher, Paradigm Hall Press, and explores the terrible conditions of unwed pregnant women in Ireland during the 1950s and 60s.

“The Swan Garden” tells the story of a young woman who survives a brutal rape and gives birth in a mother baby home in Ireland, after which she endures horrific abuse in a Magdalene Laundry. While she does eventually escape, she never forgets the baby that was taken from her and gradually learns the truths that were kept from her all those years ago.

The book is based on the author’s own birth story. Anne Biggs was born in…