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Reviewed on December 1, 2020 | Social Sciences
Cowan's mother possessed an elegant bearing, a mysterious past—and a volatile personality that left Cowan with psychological scars and eventually led her to cut off contact, including ignoring a handwritten manuscript her mother sent her years later. Only after her mother's death did she examine the document and learn the truth: far from being a secret aristocrat, Cowan's mother had been surrendered by an unmarried farm woman to London's Foundling Hospita...Log In or Sign Up to Read More