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Author:

Cowan, Justine, author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Harperan imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Subject:

Cowan, Justine--Family.
Mothers and daughters--Biography.
Soames, Dorothy--Childhood and youth.
Orphans--England--Biography.
Abused children--England--Biography.
Girls--Institutional care--England.
Foundling Hospital (London, England)--History.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-304).

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.

ISBN:

0062991019
9780062991010

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1228823883

LCCN:

bl2020071930

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

PFPC906 -- Eddyville Public Library (Eddyville)

ZYPE837 -- Harlan Community Library (Harlan)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

KTPC296 -- Mediapolis Public Library (Mediapolis)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

WXPD305 -- Spirit Lake Public Library (Spirit Lake)

CIPB482 -- Victor Public Library (Victor)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)