The love child
Hore, Rachel2019
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London, 1917. When seventeen-year-old Alice falls pregnant, she is forced by her father and stepmother to give up the baby. She simply cannot be allowed to bring shame upon her family. But all Alice can think of is the small, kitten-like child she gave away, and how the father, a young soldier, so beloved, will never have the chance to know his daughter. Meanwhile, Edith and Philip, a couple unable to have children of their own, secretly adopt a baby girl, Irene, given up by a young unmarried mother. Irene grows up knowing that she is different from other children but no one will tell her the full truth. As two extraordinary stories intertwine across two decades, will secrets long-buried at last come to light?
Main title:
The love child / Rachel Hore.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Collation:
438 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781471156984 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.92GFAF
LC class:
PR6108.O668
Local class:
FTFICFAF
Language:
English
BRN:
2538312