The Foundling: The gripping Sunday Times bestselling historical novel, from the winner of the Women's Prize Futures award

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Foundling: The gripping Sunday Times bestselling historical novel, from the winner of the Women's Prize Futures award
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Stacey Halls
Illustrated by Patrick Knowles
Illustrated by Lucy Rose Cartwright
Cover design or artwork by Lucy Rose Cartwright
Cover design or artwork by Patrick Knowles
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:400
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 153
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781838770075
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Bonnier Books Ltd
Imprint Manilla Press
Publication Date 6 February 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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 - the last thing she expects to hear is that her daughter has already been reclaimed - by 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' 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.

Author Biography

Stacey Halls grew up in Rossendale, Lancashire, as the daughter of market traders. She has always been fascinated by the Pendle witches. She studied journalism at the University of Central Lancashire and moved to London aged 21. She was media editor at the Bookseller and books editor at Stylist.co.uk, and has also written for Psychologies, the Independent and Fabulous magazine, where she now works as Deputy Chief Sub Editor.