{"product_id":"a-mothers-shame-9781801621649","title":"A Mother's Shame","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA new standalone novel from the bestselling author Rosie Clarke.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEast End of London\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaggie Bailey has not had an easy childhood. Her father, Michael, always too easy with his fists after spending the family's rent money down the pub.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust sixteen, in love and blinded by promises, Maggie sees marriage to handsome Jack as her great escape. However, she soon finds herself abandoned with a beautiful baby when Jack disappears. Maggie is forced to seek a new life away from the East End of London and finds herself a job at a hotel in Eastbourne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere she must learn to fend for herself and also accept a shocking discovery that she was fostered as a babe and nothing is known of her real parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer employer, Aunt Beth, is kind and her life improves - but Maggie makes one mistake after another and, eventually, they lead to a terrible tragedy that will bring her to the point of no return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Maggie ever find true happiness and discover the secret of her birth?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED as ALL MY SINS. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boldwood Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781801621649\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.26d","brand":"Rosie Clarke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42289428005045,"sku":"9781801621649","price":35.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_104ff7c5-86c7-4a8c-a380-2458c1c40e03.jpg?v=1658199668","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-mothers-shame-9781801621649","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}