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The Foundling
- Narrator
- Hattie Morahan, Laura Aikman
- Publisher
- Manilla Press
- Publish Date
- 6 February 2020
- Run Time
- 9 hours 25 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Rating
- 3.5 (2 reviews)
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<font size="+2"> From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Familiars </font>
Two women, bound by a child, and a secret that will change everything . . .
London, 1754. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter Clara at London's Foundling Hospital, Bess Bright returns to reclaim the child she has never known. Dreading the worst, that Clara has died in care, Bess is astonished to be told she has already claimed her. Her life is turned upside down as she tries to find out who has taken her little girl - and why.
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. 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. But her past is threatening to catch up with her and tear her carefully constructed world apart.
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 . . .
'The new Hilary Mantel' Cosmopolitan
Another 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 Housekeeping
*Sunday Times bestseller February and September 2020*
*Winner of Women's Prize for Fiction x Good Housekeeping Futures award - Good Housekeeping 14 Oct 2022*
User Reviews
Book 3.5
Narration 4.0
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Fabulously written and had me hooked right from the start to the end. The narration was excellent and really brought the characters to life. Stacey Halls is a very fine novelist and I look forward to reading more from her.
Jane B 2025-02-13
Details
- Author
- Stacey Halls, illustrated by Patrick Knowles, Lucy Rose Cartwright
- Narrator
- Hattie Morahan, Laura Aikman
- Duration
- 9 hours 25 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 February 2020
- ISBN
- 9781838771126
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- Manilla Press
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Historical fiction
- Rating
- 3.5(2 reviews)
- Narration
- 4.0(2 reviews)
Synopsis
Don't miss Stacey Halls' incredible new novel THE HOUSEHOLD - available to buy now!<font size="+2"> From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Familiars </font> Two women, bound by a child, and a secret that will change everything . . . London, 1754. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter Clara at London's Foundling Hospital, Bess Bright returns to reclaim the child she has never known. Dreading the worst, that Clara has died in care, Bess is astonished to be told she has already claimed her. Her life is turned upside down as she tries to find out who has taken her little girl - and why.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. 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. But her past is threatening to catch up with her and tear her carefully constructed world apart.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 . . .'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 Housekeeping*Sunday Times bestseller February and September 2020**Winner of Women's Prize for Fiction x Good Housekeeping Futures award - Good Housekeeping 14 Oct 2022*
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