Justine Cowan
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Cowan had always been told that her mother came from royal blood. After her mother's death, she opened an envelope filled with secrets of her mother's past-- secrets that led into the dark corridors of the Hospital for the Maintenance and Education of Exposed and Deserted Young Children. Dorothy Soames' experiences there-- years of physical and emotional abuse at the hands of a sadistic headmistress-- created a resilient child who dreamed of escape....