The Foundling

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By Stacey Halls, Lucy Rose Cartwright, Patrick Knowles, Lucy Rose Cartwright, and and, Patrick Knowles
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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. 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.
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An absolutely fantastic book! A story of hope and very interesting that there is some
fact behind the story.
I just love Stacey Halls books. Another beauty.
St Just Thursday Evening Reading Group 3rd February 2022. The Foundling. Stacey Halls. The majority of the reading group said they enjoyed this book. Several people commented that they found it very readable, with a nice writing style and a good pace. They liked the historical detail and felt that they learned something about life in London in the later eighteenth century, the Foundling Hospital and the way it worked, and the kindly Thomas Coram. Some readers found the characters interesting, particularly Alexandra, whose problems were unfolded gradually, with hints of agarophobia or Aspergers, and eventually revealed as...
Read more...A historical novel based around the Foundling hospital in London. Bess, an impoverished young woman gives up her daughter to the foundling hospital. Whe she returns 6 years later to retrieve her, her daughter has been claimed by someone else.
An atmospheric read.
After reading Stacey Hall's first novel, The Familiars, I had to read this. I read the book in just two days as I absolutely couldn't put it down. I think this was due to genuinely caring about the characters and also the mesmerising writing style.
Hard recommend!