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The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames - A Foundling's Story (Hardcover)
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The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames - A Foundling's Story (Hardcover)
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List price R583
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Discovery Miles 5 240
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A gripping memoir and revelatory investigation into the history of
the Foundling Hospital and one girl who grew up in its care - the
author's own mother. 'Extraordinary ... A fascinating, moving book:
part history of the Foundling Hospital and the development of child
psychology, part Cowan's own story, and part that of Cowan's
mother' LUCY SCHOLES, TELEGRAPH Growing up in a wealthy enclave
outside San Francisco, Justine Cowan's life seems idyllic. But her
mother's unpredictable temper drives Justine from home the moment
she is old enough to escape. It is only after her mother dies that
she finds herself pulling at the threads of a story half-told - her
mother's upbringing in London's Foundling Hospital. Haunted by this
secret history, Justine travels across the sea and deep into the
past to discover the girl her mother once was. Here, with the
vividness of a true storyteller, she pieces together her mother's
childhood alongside the history of the Foundling Hospital: from its
idealistic beginnings in the eighteenth century, how it influenced
some of England's greatest creative minds - from Handel to Dickens,
its shocking approach to childcare and how it survived the Blitz
only to close after the Second World War. This was the environment
that shaped a young girl then known as Dorothy Soames, who was left
behind by a mother forced by stigma and shame to give up her child;
who withstood years of physical and emotional abuse, dreaming of
escape as German bombers circled the skies, unaware all along that
her own mother was fighting to get her back. 'As a social history
of the Foundling Hospital, this is a fascinating read' SUNDAY TIMES
'Page-turning and profoundly moving' VIRGINIA NICHOLSON
'Part-memoir, part-detective story, The Secret Life Of Dorothy
Soames will break your heart then piece it back together again ...
Simultaneously exploring her mother's story of escape and the
history of the Foundling Hospital, this is an unforgettable read'
STYLIST 'A gripping true story' Christina Baker Kline, bestselling
author of ORPHAN TRAIN 'Breathtaking' Adrienne Brodeur, bestselling
author of WILD GAME
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