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Shadow Baby
Margaret Forster
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Description for Shadow Baby
Paperback. Born in Carlisle in 1887, brought up in a children's home and by reluctant relatives, Evie, with her wild hair and unassuming ways, seems a quiet, undemanding child. Shona, born almost seventy years later, is headstrong and striking. But there are, as she discovers, unanswered questions about her past. The two girls have only one thing in common. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 252.
Born in Carlisle in 1887, brought up in a children's home and by reluctant relatives, Evie, with her wild hair and unassuming ways, seems a quiet, undemanding child.
Shona, born almost seventy years later, is headstrong and striking. She grows up in comfort and security in Scotland, the only child of doting parents. But there are, as she discovers, unanswered questions about her past.
The two girls have only one thing in common: both were abandoned as babies by their mothers. Different times, different circumstances, but these two girls grow up sharing the same obsession. Each sets ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099570530
SKU
V9780099570530
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99-2
About Margaret Forster
Born in Carlisle, Margaret Forster was the author of many successful and acclaimed novels, including Have the Men Had Enough?, Lady's Maid, Diary of an Ordinary Woman, Is There Anything You Want? , Keeping the World Away, Over and The Unknown Bridesmaid. She also wrote bestselling memoirs – Hidden Lives, Precious Lives and, most recently, My Life in Houses – ... Read more
Reviews for Shadow Baby
A brilliant exploration of choice and consequence
Mail on Sunday
Enthralling... readers will plunge happily into the kind of family story for which Margaret Foster is celebrated and which she executes so well
Anita Brooker
Spectator
An unfailingly intelligent novel, full of lucid observation of a phenomenon, mother-love, too often seen through a gilded haze ... Read more
Mail on Sunday
Enthralling... readers will plunge happily into the kind of family story for which Margaret Foster is celebrated and which she executes so well
Anita Brooker
Spectator
An unfailingly intelligent novel, full of lucid observation of a phenomenon, mother-love, too often seen through a gilded haze ... Read more