The Lost Orphan

By: Stacey Halls

Narrated by: Imogen Church, Elizabeth Knowelden

A Sunday Times bestseller!

Two women, bound by a child, and a secret that will change everything . . .

London, 1754. Six years after leaving her illegitimate newborn at the Foundling Hospital, Bess Bright returns to reclaim the daughter she has never known. Dreading the worst, that she has died in care, she is astonished to discover someone pretending to be Bess has already claimed her. Her life is turned upside down as she tries to find out who has taken her little girl—and why.

Less than a mile from Bess’s poor lodgings, in a quiet Georgian townhouse, lives Alexandra, a reclusive young widow. When her close friend—an ambitious doctor at the orphanage—persuades her to hire a nursemaid to help care for her daughter, she is hesitant to welcome someone new into her home. But her past is threatening to catch up with her and tear her carefully constructed world apart.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Familiars comes this captivating story of mothers and daughters, class and power, and love against the greatest of odds.

“A gripping tale of motherhood, loss, and redemption. Hall’s distinctive characters and scrupulous historical detail drop us into a rich, Dickensian world full of desperation and lies, and shows us just how far a mother will go to hold onto her child.” —Serena Burdick, International bestselling author of The Girls with No Names

“The new Hilary Mantel!”—Cosmopolitan

Narrator

The narrator that plays Bess has a fantastic voice, however, she has a way of being overly dramatic in all of the books I have heard from her. The continually wavering voice is too much. If she would tone it down a bit and use that trick MUCH less often, she would be perfect IMHO.

I could not stop listening

What a great listen, the narration is superb and the story well written. I wish I could find more by this author.

Very well presented

Wonderful story easy to follow characters identifying with each of them visually A ++++ well worth the listen

Very good listen & interesting people & story line

Great story line , interesting people & held my attention! Would recommend , especially for 2 for 1

Heart warming

First…the narration was exceptional. I felt every emotion the characters were going through either on the streets or the great house. This story was heart wrenching and wonderfully written and I couldn’t stop listening from the first spoken word. I was on edge, I smiled and I cried. Just beautiful!