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Gill, Elizabeth, 1950-

The lost child / Elizabeth Gill. - London : Quercus, 2021. - 426 pages ; 24 cm. - Deerness 4 . - Deerness ; 4 .

"After a childhood of poverty, can they change their fates? After a traumatic incident, a woman gives birth to a child and is persuaded by her husband to give him up to a local couple. On the same dark and stormy night, a local pit owner turns his wife out on to the bleak moors, telling her son she is evil. The woman is never seen again. Years later, now adults, these two men are about to change the lives of two young women. But will they be able to escape the secrets of their past?"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN: 9781787474659 1787474658

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Adopted children--Fiction.
Young men--Fiction.
Secrecy--Fiction.
Villages--Fiction.
Poverty--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Durham (England)--History --19th century --Fiction.
Durham (England)--Social life and customs --19th century --Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction