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A Mother's Secret

Af: Dilly Court Engelsk Paperback

A Mother's Secret

Af: Dilly Court Engelsk Paperback
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When seventeen-year-old Belinda Phillips falls in love with a handsome Anglo-Indian officer, she knows that he is a man she can never hope to marry. When he is reported missing, believed killed in action, Belinda discovers that she is pregnant. Facing disgrace and ruin, she has no option other than to accept an arranged marriage with a middle-aged widower, knowing she must keep the secret of her child''s birth for ever.

Reluctantly she sends her beloved daughter to a foster mother in Cripplegate, little realising she has entrusted Cassy''s care to Biddy Henchard, a woman who runs a notorious baby farm in an area full of poverty and disease. Despite her terrible upbringing, Cassy survives the old woman''s cruel neglect. All the while she dreams of a mother she has never known, hoping she will come and save her from her dreadful fate. But when Biddy dies suddenly, ten-year-old Cassy finds herself destitute and with little hope of ever finding the mother she so longs for...

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When seventeen-year-old Belinda Phillips falls in love with a handsome Anglo-Indian officer, she knows that he is a man she can never hope to marry. When he is reported missing, believed killed in action, Belinda discovers that she is pregnant. Facing disgrace and ruin, she has no option other than to accept an arranged marriage with a middle-aged widower, knowing she must keep the secret of her child''s birth for ever.

Reluctantly she sends her beloved daughter to a foster mother in Cripplegate, little realising she has entrusted Cassy''s care to Biddy Henchard, a woman who runs a notorious baby farm in an area full of poverty and disease. Despite her terrible upbringing, Cassy survives the old woman''s cruel neglect. All the while she dreams of a mother she has never known, hoping she will come and save her from her dreadful fate. But when Biddy dies suddenly, ten-year-old Cassy finds herself destitute and with little hope of ever finding the mother she so longs for...

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 512
ISBN-13: 9780099538837
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0099538830
Kategori: Slægtsromaner
Udg. Dato: 3 mar 2011
Længde: 34mm
Bredde: 130mm
Højde: 205mm
Forlag: Cornerstone
Oplagsdato: 3 mar 2011
Forfatter(e): Dilly Court
Forfatter(e) Dilly Court


Kategori Slægtsromaner


ISBN-13 9780099538837


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 512


Udgave


Længde 34mm


Bredde 130mm


Højde 205mm


Udg. Dato 3 mar 2011


Oplagsdato 3 mar 2011


Forlag Cornerstone

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