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The UNMISSABLE novel from the million-copy Sunday Times bestseller 

‘A gorgeous and deeply absorbing story’ Tracy Rees, author of The House at Silvermoor

A young mother's sacrifice. A child's desperate search for the truth . . .

London, 1917

When nineteen-year-old Alice Copeman becomes pregnant, she is forced by her father and stepmother to give up the baby. She simply cannot be allowed to bring shame upon her family. But all Alice can think about is the small, kitten-like child she gave away, and she mourns the father, a young soldier, so beloved, who will never have the chance to know his daughter.
 
Edith and Philip Burns, a childless couple, yearn for a child of their own. When they secretly adopt a baby girl, Irene, their life together must surely be complete. Irene grows up knowing that she is different from other children, but no one wil

The Love Child

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      Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd
      Published 9 May 2019
      ISBN-13 9781471156984
      978-1471156984
      ISBN-10 1471156982

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The UNMISSABLE novel from the million-copy Sunday Times bestseller 

      ‘A gorgeous and deeply absorbing story’ Tracy Rees, author of The House at Silvermoor

      A young mother's sacrifice. A child's desperate search for the truth . . .

      London, 1917

      When nineteen-year-old Alice Copeman becomes pregnant, she is forced by her father and stepmother to give up the baby. She simply cannot be allowed to bring shame upon her family. But all Alice can think about is the small, kitten-like child she gave away, and she mourns the father, a young soldier, so beloved, who will never have the chance to know his daughter.
       
      Edith and Philip Burns, a childless couple, yearn for a child of their own. When they secretly adopt a baby girl, Irene, their life together must surely be complete. Irene grows up knowing that she is different from other children, but no one wil

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