The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames: Losing and Finding My Mother in the Foundling Hospital
- ISBN-10
- 0349013187
- ISBN-13
- 9780349013183
- Series
- The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-02-04
- Publisher
- Virago Press
- Author
- Justine Cowan
Description
Heartbreaking, surprising, and unforgettable, The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames is the true story of one woman's quest to understand the secrets that had poisoned her mother's mind, and her startling discovery that her family's fate had ...
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