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Author Cowan, Justine, author.

Title The secret life of Dorothy Soames : a memoir / Justine Cowan.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2021.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2045402~S1
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Description 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-304).
Summary Documents the author's investigation into her late mother's tragic experiences as an illegitimate orphan who endured an early life of discrimination, physical abuse and harsh labor serving England's ruling class at London's infamous Foundling Hospital.
Subject Cowan, Justine -- Family.
Soames, Dorothy.
Foundling Hospital (London, England) -- History.
Mothers and daughters -- Biography.
Orphans -- England -- Biography.
Orphans -- Biography.
Genre Autobiographies.
ISBN 9780062991010 (hardcover)
0062991019 (hardcover)
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