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[The Fallen](https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/464512/the-fallen-by-brangan-louise/9781847928467) | When the doors of the last Magdalen laundromat closed in 1996, Ireland moved on. Or so it seemed. “A captivating, poised, and deeply felt book” - Anne Enright . "A simultaneously fascinating and painful revelation into Ireland's dark world. An outstanding book" -Rory Carroll. “Breaking Silence is a Catalyst for Change” - Cailin Hogan. After independence in 1922, Ireland began to pursue a dream: to become the ideal Catholic nation. But purity comes at a high price. Throughout the twentieth century, thousands of women and girls who did not conform to standards – deviant, poor, disabled, and abused – were sent to Magdalen laundries. Each of them was seen as having fallen in some way. Once locked inside, their hair was shaved, their names erased – and then they were forced to work. They washed, rubbed, and prayed, trying to save their souls. When the last laundromat closed its doors in 1996, Ireland moved on. Or so it seemed. This period remains one of the darkest and most misunderstood in modern history. The book “The Fallen” was published in conjunction with the thirtieth anniversary of the closure of the last laundromat, and it tells the story of the forgotten Magdalene laundries, through the voices of the women who suffered in them, the nuns who supervised them, and the communities that lived next to them. In bold and passionate style, Louise Brangan draws on archives and survivor testimony to deconstruct long-held myths about what these laundries were, who was sent to these places of violence and secrecy, and why. As we move from the past to the present, Brangane urges us not only to confront this shameful history, but to ask a deeper question: What do we choose to remember? _Winner of the Royal Society of Literature's Giles St Aubyn Prize 2024_