This is a review of the 2012 book 'The Baby Laundry for Unmarried Mothers' by Angela Patrick with Lynne Barrett-Lee. I was captivated by the front cover which shows a 1960s barefoot teenager (Sandy Shaw style) in a maternity smock standing outside a convent. Obviously this is just a photo library picture but it really fits the way the book describes its main character Angela and gives a clue towards what's inside the story. About The book follows Angela Brown who falls pregnant at 19 to a short term boyfriend. She doesn't even tell him she is pregnant as they have split up before she finds out at four months that she is expecting and in the '60 for a ...  Read the complete review