4/12/22 The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames

Justine Cowan, author of 'The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames: a Memoir." Cowan had believed for most of her life that her mother was descended from Welsh royalty. It turns out that her mother grew up in London's infamous Foundling Hospital. Cowan embarked on an extraordinary journey to learn as much as she could about the circumstances under which her mother's mother brought her newborn daughter to the Foundling Hospital. The book is also examination of that institution's history and how it treated the illegitimate children entrusted into its care.