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    Apr 06, 2021 3 minutes

    FOUNDLINGS

    THE SECRET LIFE OF DOROTHY SOAMES

    A FOUNDLING’S STORY

    Justine Cowan Virago, 320 pages, £20

    This grippingly readable book is a step-by-step instruction in how family dynamics interact with the search for family history.

    Justine Cowan always knew that her mother Dorothy had a secret, but she did not want to know it. Her mother was a controlling woman, always finding fault with her daughter and never satisfied. Cowan moved as far away as she could the first

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