A mother's secret [Large print ed.]

Court, Dilly2012

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When 17-year-old Belinda Phillips falls in love with a handsome Anglo-Indian officer, she knows that he is a man she can never hope to marry. When he is reported missing, believed killed in action, Belinda discovers that she is pregnant. Facing disgrace and ruin, she has no option other than to accept an arranged marriage. When seventeen-year-old Belinda Phillips falls in love with an Anglo-Indian officer, she knows he will never marry her. When he is reported killed in action, Belinda discovers she is pregnant. Facing disgrace and ruin she accepts an arranged marriage with a middle-aged widower, keeping the secret of her child's birth forever. Reluctantly she sends her beloved daughter Cassy, to a foster mother, Biddy Henchard. When Biddy dies suddenly, ten-year-old Cassy, left destitute, hopes to find the mother she so longs for...