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What's the Fascination with Convent Girls?Friday 24 October 2003
"A former British convent girl was yesterday sentenced to four years in a Paris jail," said The Times.

The coverage of Margaret Macdonald who ran a prostitution business in Paris always includes that telling detail. So why does the inclusion of the word 'convent' somehow make it all seem naughtier?
Martha Kearney is joined by headmistress Frances Gumley Mason, and best-selling novelist, Maeve Haran, both convent educated, to discuss the fascination of a convent girl.
Husband Material by Maeve Haran is published by Warner

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