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'Stacey Halls is a writer of great originality, great imagination and great sense of place. Dreading the worst - that Clara has died in care - the last thing she expects to hear is that her daughter has already been reclaimed. But her past is threatening to catch up with her and tear her carefully constructed world apart.įrom the bestselling author of The Familiars comes this captivating story of mothers and daughters, class and power, and love against the greatest of odds. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter Clara at London's Foundling Hospital, Bess Bright returns to reclaim the child she has never known. 'Pacy, highly atmospheric and tantalisingly gripping from the very first page. A gripping and moving read' - Libby Page, bestselling author of The Lido. 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. 'If you loved The Familiars, then you won't be disappointed by The Foundling. 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. Her life is turned upside down as she tries to find out who has taken her little girl - and why. Dreading the worst, that Clara has died in care, Bess is astonished to be told she has already claimed her. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter Clara at London's Foundling Hospital, Bess Bright returns to reclaim the child she has never known. Two women, bound by a child, and a secret that will change everything. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Familiars