A Mother's Shame, 9781472101709
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From the corridors of a revered mental asylum, to the plains of rural Australia, via a perilous sea voyage. For the sake of two unborn babies …

A Mother's Shame

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    432 pages

  • Release Date

    2 April 2014

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Summary

One dismal day in 1857, Maria Mundy arrives at Hatter’s Hall, the local mental asylum, not as an inmate but as a worker. Here, she is ordered to care for Isabelle Montgomery, the daughter of an influential land-owner. But Isabelle is not insane. She, like many other young women confined within the walls, has been banished here by her family. Hatter’s Hall serves to hide unmarried women, in the family way, from prying eyes

As the women s lives become entwined, they realise the …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781472101709
ISBN-10:1472101707
Author:Rosie Goodwin
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Corsair
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:432
Release Date:2 April 2014
Weight:345g
Dimensions:196mm x 127mm x 29mm
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Critics Review

Goodwin is a master of her craft: she excels in writing about the complexity of relationships, the hardships of life, the ties of family and the joys of love and friendship

Goodwin is a master of her craft: she excels in writing about the complexity of relationships, the hardships of life, the ties of family and the joys of love and friendship - Lancashire Evening Post

Rosie is a talented storyteller - Dee Williams

About The Author

Rosie Goodwin

Rosie Goodwin is the author of over twenty bestselling novels. She is also the first author in the world to be allowed to follow three of Catherine Cookson’s trilogies with her own sequels. Having worked in the social services sector for many years, she is now a full-time novelist; becoming one of the Top 100 most borrowed authors from UK libraries and regularly appearing in the Heatseekers charts. Rosie lives in Nuneaton, the setting for many of her books, with her husband and their dogs.

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