$28.84
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
11 January 2021
Summary
A gripping memoir and revelatory investigation into the history of the Foundling Hospital and one girl who grew up in its care - the author’s own mother.
‘Page-turning and profoundly moving’ VIRGINIA NICHOLSON
Growing up in a wealthy enclave outside San Francisco, Justine Cowan’s life seems idyllic. But her mother’s unpredictable temper drives Justine from home the moment she is old enough to escape. It is only after her mother dies that she finds herself pulling at the thread…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349013176 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349013179 |
| Author: | Justine Cowan |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 11 January 2021 |
| Weight: | 440g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 152mm x 24mm |
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The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames is the gripping true story of a daughter’s quest to find the truth about her mother’s origins-and, in the process, come to terms with her own life and choices. As she uncovers an increasingly dramatic tale of abuse, escape, and recovery, Justine Cowan must grapple with her complex feelings about this woman who, as she comes to learn, never had a real childhood of her own. A riveting, heartbreaking, and ultimately healing journey of discovery. - Christina Baker Kline, author of #1 New York Times bestseller Orphan Train
Part investigative journalism, part emotional excavation, this breathtaking and heartbreaking book tells the story of a daughter’s need to understand her difficult mother. An unexpected and original addition to the mother/daughter memoir oeuvre, The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames is both moving and artful, rewarding its readers page after page. - Adrienne Brodeur, bestselling author of Wild Game: My Mother, Her Secret and MeAbout The Author
Justine Cowan
For more than two decades, lawyer Justine Cowan has advocated for the voiceless, challenging some of America’s most powerful interests exposing wrongdoing in governments and corporations at all levels. The cases she has been involved in have been reported in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, CNN, Politico, Slate, The Hill and almost all other major news outlets. Justine received her undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley and her law degree with honors from Duke Law School where she was on the Editorial Board of the Duke Law Journal.
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