I’m so glad you enjoyed this, Rebecca, and a great review! It struck our interest enough to order it onto our Kindle. The Foundling Author of The Boy With Blue Trousers and The Concubine's Child. Please try again. ”. Aline and the Blue Bottle is the first refreshingly fun MG fantasy novel in The Adventures of Aline series. Change ). Less than a mile from Bess’ lodgings in the city, in a quiet, gloomy townhouse on the edge of London, a young widow has not left the house in a decade. Is she a real princess? This book cannot compare with the work of top-notch writers of juvenile historical fiction, such as Katherine Paterson and Elizabeth George Speare. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. But her past is threatening to catch up with her and tear her carefully constructed world apart. Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2015. Stacey Halls grew up in Rossendale, Lancashire, as the daughter of market traders. The book quickly turns into a search through his past and continues on that path until the final conclusion. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. ... FOR MORE READER REVIEWS, CLICK ON THE BOOK … Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Dr. Hayner holds a Ph.D. in British History from Vanderbilt University, Tennessee. It’s a rather feminist story, which I appreciated greatly, and very atmospheric. The Foundling book. It’s so good! Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2015. But today … Today, we become Legend! For mostly adult, literary, historical, contemporary, biographical, and women's fiction. ?Starr E. Smith, Marymount University Library, Arlington, VA. Dr. Linda Hayner, a student of seventeenth-century London history, became interested in the plight of foundlings while researching church records in the Guildhall Library, London, England. Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2014. Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2018. In this, the novel really shines, as it depicts each woman assuming agency over her own life. Stephen Writes says: February 6, 2020 at 10:30 pm Reply. Having barely left the house in a decade, Alexandra lives an anxious and regimented life, a stifling existence for her young child Charlotte, who doesn’t know what it’s like to play in the street or mix with other children or wander through a park. Big call, and sounds like someone I need to try! Enjoyable plot and story line, at times difficult to follow. Stacey Halls just might be my favourite historical novelist now. The parish constable finds him, and Willy begins a journey that requires him to rely on his natural ingenuity and his early training in order to survive. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. You do, I don’t want to work today, I want to stay home and read it. To see this review please visit www.readrantrockandroll.com The Foundling by Paul Fronczak is a true story about a boy strayed at childhood and connected to a kidnapping. Book Blog | Book Reviews, Reading Inspiration & Travel Diaries, Award-Winning UKYA Book Blogger, Social Media Tips, Mental Health, Gleanings from the dark forests of French fairy tales, "Sooner or later, Mr. Fowler, one has to take sides, if one is to remain human." ‘These feminine vessels we inhabited: why did nobody expect them to contain unfeminine feelings? The Dark Souls: A Young Adult Superhero Novel (The Viral Superhero Series Book 1), Maelyn: Young Adult Princess Medieval Fantasy (The Nine Princesses Book 1), The Corundum Conundrum (Swords and Secrets Book 1), The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me, Grade 7 Up. Why could we, too, not be furious and scornful and entirely altered by grief? There's a problem loading this menu right now. From the bestselling author of The Familiars, and set against the vibrant backdrop of Georgian London, The Foundling explores families, secrets, class, equality, power and the meaning of motherhood. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Great review, it’s good to find new favourite authors. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. That is where the similarities end though. Stacey Halls’ The Foundling transports readers to Georgian London as it centres on two women from different backgrounds who are bound by the same child. Where is all this talent coming from?!

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