The Hidden Child, Louise Fein
The Hidden Child, Louise Fein
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The Hidden Child
A Novel

Author: Louise Fein

Narrator: Marisa Calin

Unabridged: 13 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 10/19/2021

Synopsis

An international bestseller!“The Hidden Child is a heart-wrenching depiction of a golden couple in the 1920s…. Shocking, emotive, and compelling, but ultimately a story of hope. I loved it.” -- Deborah Carr, USA Today bestselling authorLondoners Eleanor and Edward Hamilton have it all. But the 1929 financial crash is looming, and they’re harboring a shameful secret. How far are they willing to go to protect their charmed life? Eleanor Hamilton is happily married and mother to a beautiful four-year-old girl, Mabel. Her husband, Edward, is a leading light in the burgeoning Eugenics movement, which is designing the very ideas that will soon be embraced by Hitler.But when Mabel develops debilitating epileptic seizures and Eleanor discovers Edward has been keeping secrets, Eleanor's world fractures. In order to save her daughter, she takes matters into her own hands.Vividly rendered and deeply affecting, The Hidden Child is a sweeping story and a richly drawn portrait of a family torn apart by shame, deceit, and dangerous ideals.

About Louise Fein

Louise Fein is the author of Daughter of the Reich, which has been published in thirteen territories, the international bestseller The Hidden Child, and The London Bookshop Affair. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from St Mary’s University. She lives in Surrey, UK, with her family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karren on September 08, 2021

Eleanor is married to world war one hero Edward Hamilton and they have a four year old daughter Mabel. The Hamilton's live in a beautiful home in the English countryside, they own a London apartment and are well off. Edward’s a professor, he’s interested in psychology and the science of eugenics. Fo......more

Goodreads review by Marilyn (not getting notifications) on December 13, 2021

The Hidden Child by Louise Fein was a very heart wrenching yet compelling book. I listened to the audio CD that was very well narrated by Marisa Calin. This was my first book that I have read by Louise Fein and I was very impressed with her meticulous research. The chapters alternated between the ma......more

Goodreads review by Bkwmlee on October 28, 2021

I’m a little torn on how to rate this one. While I liked the story overall, some parts of it frustrated me in ways that I find difficult to articulate. From the get go, I understood that this would not be an easy read by any means, as I knew from the summary that the subject matter revolved around......more

Goodreads review by Annette on September 06, 2021

England, 1928. Eleanor Hamilton is happily married. Her wealthy husband takes a leading part in the burgeoning Eugenics movement. It’s about improving the health and wealth of the nations. Those who are in some way not classified as higher intelligence should be in a way handled as they lead toward......more

Goodreads review by Gill on June 06, 2021

It’s every parent’s nightmare that one day, out of the blue, your toddler suffers an epileptic seizure: eyes rolling back and body thrashing and jerking as if possessed. Now imagine it’s the 1920s and your husband is a eugenicist, who believes that genetic weaknesses, such as epilepsy, should be bre......more

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