Once again this book is attractively presented with a gorgeous cover and is guaranteed to be a beautiful addition to any bookshelf. But her past is threatening to catch up with her and tear her carefully constructed world apart.įrom the bestselling author of The Familiars, and set against the vibrant backdrop of Georgian London, The Foundling explores families, secrets, class, equality, power and the meaning of motherhood. The Foundling is written by Sunday Times bestselling author Stacey Halls and is her second novel, after the success of The Familiars last year. 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. 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. Her life is turned upside down as she tries to find out who has taken her little girl - and why. 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. 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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