Tremain with her consummate skills - without any of some other writer's histrionics - brings vividly to life the story of Lily, abandoned at birth and brought by the young constable who found her to Coram, the Foundling Hospital. At first fostered by a loving family, then returned to the uncaring system of the Hospital, she tries to survive in harsh Victorian London but she hides a terrible secret; does the policeman who found her hold the key to her fate? A wonderful read.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 103 Winter 2022 ) |
