Secret Life of Dorothy Soames - A True Story (Cowan Justine)(Paperback)

“Far from growing up in the wealthy, fox-hunting circles she had alwayssuggested, her mother had in fact been raised in a foundling hospital for thechildren of unwed women.” — Editor’s Choice, The New York Times Book Review“Extraordinary … fascinating, moving.” —The Telegraph“This emotional and transatlantic journey is a page-turner.” — Editor’s Pick, AmazonBook Review“Book groups willfind as much to discuss here as they have with The Glass Castle by JeannetteWalls, and Educated by Tara Westover.” — BookListRecommendedby The New York Times, The Saturday Evening Post,Amazon Book Review, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Publisher’sWeekly, Kirkus and more, Justine Cowan’s remarkable truestory of how she uncovered her mother’s upbringing as a foundling at London’sHospital for the Maintenance and Education of Exposed and Deserted YoungChildren has received acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. In the U.K., ithas been featured in The Mail on Sunday, The Daily Mail,The Daily Mirror and The Spectator. TheTelegraph calls it “extraordinary and Glamour magazine choseit as the best new book based on real life. The story begins when Justine found her often volatile mother inan unlit room writing a name over and over again, one that she had never heardbefore and would not hear again for many years – Dorothy Soames. Thirty yearslater, overcome with grief following her mother’s death, Justine found herselfdrawn back to the past, uncovering a myst
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