ireland   adoption   family relationships   what happened to epilogue   character name in title   1950s   urban setting   flashback   1980s   1990s   church   cover up   cia   humiliation   cocaine   california   forgiveness   based on true story   class differences   reference to ronald reagan   catholic   religious intolerance   eyeglasses   journalist   2000s   three word title   crack cocaine   screaming in pain   catholic guilt   religious bigotry   washington d.c.   nun   laundry   braggadocio   u.s. government   photo album   drug smuggling   media manipulation   giving birth   ghetto   lincoln memorial washington d.c.   teenage pregnancy   natural childbirth   luxury hotel   confessional   feelings of guilt   gay son   investigative reporter   investigative journalism   aids   central intelligence agency   home video   witch hunt   convent   child selling   smear campaign   teenage mother   withheld information   unknown son   writing a book   mother child separation   8mm film   breech delivery   death from aids   expiation   gay republican   human interest story   labor pains   mortification   reference to jane russell   reference to jayne mansfield   reference to tony blair   religious education   religious guilt   religious hypocrisy   romantic novel   spin doctor   withholding information   year 1955   year 2003   cocaine smuggler   drug smuggler   nicaraguan contras   reference to gary webb   san jose mercury news the newspaper   u.s. nicaragua relationship   government cover up   cemetery   writer   one word title   mother son relationship   husband wife relationship   title spoken by character   reporter   premarital sex   loss of son   unemployment