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The secret life of Dorothy Soames : a memoir / Justine Cowan.

Cowan, Justine, (author.).

Summary:

Documents the author's investigation into her late mother's tragic experiences as an illegitimate orphan who endured an early life of discrimination, physical abuse and harsh labor serving England's ruling class at London's infamous Foundling Hospital.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062991010
  • ISBN: 0062991019
  • Physical Description: 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021].

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-304).
Formatted Contents Note:
Dorothy Soames -- Ghosts -- Secrets -- Scrutiny -- Bastards -- Running -- Admission day -- Hope -- Fear -- Longing -- Healing -- War and isolation -- Sustenance -- Escape -- Mothers -- Belonging -- Reunions and reckonings -- Love.
Subject: Cowan, Justine > Family.
Soames, Dorothy, 1932-2012 > Childhood and youth.
Foundling Hospital (London, England) > History.
Mothers and daughters > Biography.
Orphans > England > Biography.
Abused children > England > Biography.
Girls > Institutional care > England.
Girls.
Genre: Autobiographies.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 16 of 16 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.

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