Secret Life of Dorothy Soames

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Growing up with a volatile and obsessive mother, Justine Cowan couldn''t get far enough away. It was only after her mother died that she found herself pulling at the threads of a story half-told - her mother''s upbringing as a foundling in the famous British institution. Haunted by this secret history, Justine travelled 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 18th century, famous patrons from Handel to Dickens, its approach to childcare and teaching 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

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Growing up with a volatile and obsessive mother, Justine Cowan couldn't get far enough away. It was only after her mother died that she found herself pulling at the threads of a story half-told - her mother's upbringing as a foundling in the famous British institution. Haunted by this secret history, Justine travelled 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 18th century, famous patrons from Handel to Dickens, its approach to childcare and teaching 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.

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Anul publicarii	2021
ISBN	9780349013176
Format coperta	Brosata
Numar pagini	320
Limba	Englezã
Domeniul	Biography & Autobiography
Autor	Justine Cowan
De aceeasi editura	Little, Brown Book Group Limited
CM	94562
DS	D/2#BR/5#MEGA/6
Goodreads	https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=9780349013176
Dimensiuni	Height: 9.13384 Inches, Length: 5.98424 Inches, Width: 0.94488 Inches