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Author: Tremain, Rose
Some books MAY have a red or black dot or line on the edge of the page by the spine. 'An electrifying, word-perfect tale… Gently devastating, devastatingly beautiful’ Daily Mail'Funny, piercing, and singular… I can’t fathom the reason why you wouldn’t rush straight out to buy it’ ObserverDetermined, rebellious Marianne Clifford is searching for love and freedom in 1960s LondonHow do you find the courage to make your own life? Tremain evokes Victorian London with visceral intensity in a gripping and deeply humane novel exploring themes of rejection, poverty, guilt and redemption' Observer Mon: closedTue: 10am-6pmWed: 10am-6pmThu: 10am-9pmFri: 10am-9pmSat: 10am-6pm When Sam meets Lily again, there is an instant attraction between them and Lily is convinced that Sam holds the key to her happiness - but might he also be the one to uncover her crime and so condemn her to death? From Sunday Times bestselling novelist Rose Tremain comes a gripping novel of murder and revenge set in Victorian England Nobody knows yet that she is a murderer. That's why the price is so AMAZING. But might he also be the one to uncover her crime and so condemn her to death? But she is hiding a dreadful secret.
Published on 21 September 2023 by Vintage Publishing (Chatto & Windus) in the United Kingdom.
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Deb
I loved this book as I submerged myself fully and devoured it within in a couple of sittings. I was rooting for her throughout the book, as she tries to make her way through life whilst holding onto her secret. If you love Historical fiction, then I highly recommend reading Lily’s story! It was a cold winter night in 1850 when Baby Lily Mortimer’s life was saved when she was found in London’s Victoria Park and brought to the Foundling Hospital.
Emma
Lily endures years of being punished for her rebellious lively spirit and when she comes of age to leave the hospital, she finds herself being taken under the wing of Belle Prettywood at her Wig Emporium. However, Lily has a secret eating her up inside, a secret she knows she is eventually going to spill. She was rescued by Sam Trench, a local Bobby, although, it’s quite a stretch to say her life was saved, as her life turned out not to be an easy one.
Nobody knows yet that she is a murderer. I’m sure it is still like this and worse elsewhere in the world. It’s not a long book as it’s under 300 pages but it was perfectly paced although, I would have been happy to have read more about her adventures with Belle Prettywood. Belle was left as a bit of an enigma and I would have liked to have learnt more about her and how she came to owning a Wig Emporium.
A secret I do not condemn her for. Just when you think it will be alright or when you think it couldn’t be worse. so much unjustness of it all. It was there where she spent happy days helping out on the farm whilst being nurtured and loved.
Well, the first six years she was fostered by a lovely farming family who took her to live with them in rural Suffolk. Unfortunately, the law states that Foundlings must return to the hospital when they reach six years old and this is when Lily’s life is turned upside down. Great read. Switching between 6- & 7-year-old Lily and 17-year-old Lily, her story unfolds between the two timelines revealing the horrors she has endured at the Foundling Hospital.
. Horrors that made my blood boil and my stomach churn.
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