{"product_id":"the-foundling-by-stacey-halls-9781838771409","title":"The Foundling","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Familiars\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo women, bound by a child, and a secret that will change everything...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLondon, 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, Bess is astonished to be told she has already claimed her. Her life is turned upside down as she tries to find out who has taken her little girl—and why.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLess 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. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Familiars\u003c\/em\u003e comes this captivating story of mothers and daughters, class and power, and love against the greatest of odds...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The new Hilary Mantel' - \u003cem\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Another gripping, immersive, intelligent work of historical fiction from the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Familiars\u003c\/em\u003e' - Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Mercies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A gripping and moving read' - Libby Page, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Lido\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Fantastic storytelling that grabbed me from the off' - \u003cem\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46533061542124,"sku":"9781838771409","price":23.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/18698913482842.jpg?v=1749362901","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-foundling-by-stacey-halls-9781838771409","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}