Stacey Halls is the Winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award for her novel Mrs England. But her past is threatening to catch up with her and tear her carefully constructed world apart.įrom the best-selling author of The Familiars comes this captivating story of mothers and daughters, class and power, and love against the greatest of odds. 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. The Foundling: The gripping Sunday Times bestselling novel from the author of The Familiars by Stacey Halls (Hardcover, 2020) Brand new. 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, she is astonished when she is told she has already claimed 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. Two women, bound by a child, and a secret that will change everything. But her past is threatening to catch up with her and tear her carefully constructed world apart.įrom the bestselling author of The Familiars comes this captivating story of mothers and daughters, class and power, and love against the greatest of odds. Less than a mile from Bess's 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. Once again this book is attractively presented with a gorgeous cover and is guaranteed to be a beautiful addition to any bookshelf. Her life is turned upside down as she tries to find out who has taken her little girl - and why. The Foundling is written by Sunday Times bestselling author Stacey Halls and is her second novel, after the success of The Familiars last year. Dreading the worst, that Clara has died in care, Bess is astonished to be told she has already claimed 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. Two women, bound by a child, a nd a secret that will change everything. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Familiars
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