One review on 25 Sep 2023

First Published: 2021

Fiction

Lily

A tale of revenge

Author: Rose Tremain 

synopsis extract: London 1860s-70s. ...

Date first read: Mon 25th Sep 2023

Format:   Kindle

Catalogued: 26th Sep 2023

Synopsis

London 1860s-70s. Baby abandoned on the streets is rescued and brought up by foster parents until age 6 when she is reclaimed by the Foundling Hospital - a dire place where she has to survve the next ten years of abuse and pain.

Aged 17 and apprenticed to a theatricl wigmaker and courtesan she eventually takes her revenge on her tormenter in chief.

Reviews

A Bright Penny in a Muddy Puddle.

by Roger CO on Mon 25th Sep 2023.

Excellent writing and read on holiday in Ireland. Convincing plot and characters and milieu in 18th century London. If we assume the technical details of life in London and England at that time are accurate then it has an internal logic that convinces. Lily as a child and a young adult is well drawn and her actions are consistent with being a bright penny in a puddle of mud