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Rachel on Latest Reads: Dog Rose Dirt Jen Williams.Linda Boa on Latest Reads: Rites Of Spring Anders De La Motte.Journeys in Publishing: Believe Me Not – My Debut journey, with Natalie Chandler.You can purchase The Foundling (Zaffre) Here. Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks and podcasts. Old London comes to life and the practices there are intriguingly compelling, overall this is a novel to savour. The Foundling By: Stacey Halls, Patrick Knowles, Lucy Rose Cartwright Narrated by: Hattie Morahan, Laura Aikman Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins 4.4 (29 ratings) Try for 0.00 Pick 1 title (2 titles for Prime members) from our collection of bestsellers and new releases. My historical fiction tastes are a bit eclectic- not my favourite genre but I always seem to find the gems and The Foundling is certainly that – a richly layered, beautifully descriptive novel that holds you in its grip throughout.Ī story of motherhood with a literary twist, Stacey Halls sets her scenes with intuitive grace then creates characters you care about and a story that is both haunting and utterly riveting. 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.ĭreading 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. 'The new Hilary Mantel' CosmopolitanAnother gripping, immersive, intelligent work of historical fiction from the bestselling author of The Familiars' Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies'A gripping and moving read' Libby Page, bestselling author of The Lido'Fantastic storytelling that grabbed me from the off' Good HousekeepingLondon, 1754. From the bestselling author of The Familiars comes this captivating story of mothers and daughters, class and power, and love against the greatest of odds. But her past is threatening to catch up with her and tear her carefully constructed world apart. 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'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.

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, 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. The new Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Familiars Two women, bound by a child, and a secret that will change everything.

The Foundling by Stacey Halls