Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Dreading the worst - that Clara has died in care - the last thing she expects to hear is that her daughter has already been reclaimed - by her. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Familiars A mother's love knows no bounds. But her past is threatening to catch up with her and tear her carefully constructed world apart. By (author) Stacey Halls, Illustrated by Patrick Knowles, Illustrated by Lucy Rose Cartwright. 4 (23,909 ratings by Goodreads) Paperback. Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd ISBN: 9781838772888 Number of pages: 448 Weight: 326 g Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 25 mm MEDIA REVIEWS Utterly compelling.
When her close friend - an ambitious young doctor at the Foundling Hospital - persuades her to hire a nursemaid for her daughter, she is hesitant to welcome someone new into her home and her life. The Foundling : The gripping Sunday Times bestselling historical novel, from the winner of the Womens Prize Futures award. Set against the atmospheric landscape of West Yorkshire, Stacey Halls third novel proves her one of the most exciting and compelling new storytellers of our times. Less than a mile from Bess' lodgings in the city, in a quiet, gloomy townhouse on the edge of London, a young widow has not left the house in a decade. London had its Foundling Hospital, and it is the centre of The Foundling, the new novel by Stacey Halls. Her life is turned upside down as she tries to find out who has taken her little girl - and why.
Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter Clara at London's Foundling Hospital, Bess Bright returns to reclaim the child she has never known.
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