The Stolen Child, Jennie Felton
The Stolen Child, Jennie Felton
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The Stolen Child
The most heartwrenching and heartwarming saga you'll read this year

Author: Jennie Felton

Narrator: Gordon Griffin

Unabridged: 13 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Headline

Published: 09/05/2019


Synopsis

'One of the nation's favourite saga writers' Lancashire Post

A powerful new saga from Jennie Felton in the grand tradition of Josephine Cox, Dilly Court, Maggie Hope and Rosie Goodwin of love, loss, tragedy, drama, secrets and twists and turns.

Who will believe this baby is not hers?

When Stella Swift is discovered holding a shard of broken glass near her newborn baby boy, fears that she might harm William result in her being taken to Catcombe - the local asylum. Although the regime is not as harsh as it once was, it's not somewhere that Tom wants to send his wife - but he has no choice.

Turning to his kind-hearted sister-in-law Grace for help taking care of his other three children whilst he keeps working at the mine seems like the simplest solution until Stella is well - if only there wasn't the shared history between Tom and Grace...

At first Catcombe seems to offer the respite Stella needs - until one day she becomes convinced that the baby the nurses have given to her is not William. Is Stella losing her mind? Or is it true that a mother will always know her own child?

Don't miss Jennie's Families of Fairley Terrace series, which began with Maggie's story in All The Dark Secrets and continued with Lucy's story in The Miner's Daughter, Edie's story in The Girl Below Stairs, Carina's story in The Widow's Promise and Laurel's story in The Sister's Secret.

(p) 2019 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

About Jennie Felton

Jennie Felton grew up in Somerset, where she lives today. She has written numerous short stories for magazines as well as a number of novels under a pseudonym. The Orphan's Promise is the first in her new series of sagas about young Somerset orphans who are ready to go out into the adult world, and their adventures there. Set in Somerset in the early years of the twentieth century. Vist Jennie on Facebookwww.facebook.com/JennieFeltonAuthor and follow her on X @Jennie_Felton for all her latest news.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Louise on January 08, 2020

A mother struggles after the birth of her new irn baby. Today it's called post natal depression. Years ago women were put into mental institutions like Catcombe. The treatment she received there was working, she was getting better, until a nurse swapped her baby for another one. A mother k ows herow......more

Goodreads review by Natalie all_books_great_and_small on January 25, 2020

I received an advanced reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers. This is a heartwarming and heartbreaking book about Stella - a mother of 4 children who is suffering from perpetual fever which we now call postnatal depression. In the old days......more

Goodreads review by Claire on January 18, 2022

This is a new author to me recommended by my local library. I enjoyed it very much and will definitely be reading more from this author. Stella is struggling to bond with her 4th child. Her husband finds her one night with a piece of broken glass in her hand shouting at the crying baby that she can’......more

Goodreads review by Leanne on March 11, 2020

I was given a copy of The Stolen Child by Jennie Felton in exchange for an honest review. The story is based around several characters. When Stella is taken to the asylum suffering from post natal depression Grace her sister moves in to look after the other children. Footie looks after the children......more

Goodreads review by Emma on November 27, 2019

A gut wrenching story of a mother struggling with a newborn baby. In this day and age that illness this woman had is known as post natal depression. Back in those days if you had mental health problems you would be in an asylum like Catcombe. Through her treatment at catcombe asylum she was making p......more