The Foundling

The

Foundling

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Published 02.09.2020

Set against the vibrant backdrop of Georgian London, The Foundling explores families, secrets, class, equality, power and the meaning of motherhood.​

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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.

Note for readers: in the USA, The Foundling is published under the title The Lost Orphan

Praise for The Foundling

I really couldn’t stop turning the pages as Stacey’s beautiful writing drew a compelling tale of love and hope from the vivid streets of Georgian London

- sonia velton

Author of blackberry & wild rose

If you loved The Familiars, then you won’t be disappointed by The Foundling. A gripping and moving read

- Libby Page

Author of THE LIDO

Pacy, highly atmospheric and tantalisingly gripping from the very first page.

- Laura Calin

Author of The wicked Cometh

A masterpiece of storytelling – a perfect, captivating mystery 

- Katie lowe
Author of The furies

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