The Lost Child of Philomena Lee book, download the PDF from here or you can also read the book online right now. “The Lost Child of Philomena Lee” is a poignant book by Martin Sixsmith. It narrates the story of a mother and son, both victims of hypocrisy on both sides of the Atlantic, forced to keep secrets. The book tells the tale of Philomena Lee, who fell pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952 and was sent to a convent as a ‘fallen woman’. Her baby was taken from her after three years and sold for adoption to America.