Lily: A Victorian Tale of revenge from the Sunday Times bestselling author

Name: Lily: A Victorian Tale of revenge from the Sunday Times bestselling author
Rating: 4.454545497894287 (11 reviews)

Rose Tremain

Nov 2021 · Random House

11 reviews

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Lily Mortimer is left in a London park in 1850, a nameless child carrying a secret she does not yet understand.

Raised in the Foundling Hospital, Lily grows up under strict discipline and constant uncertainty, learning early that survival depends on resilience rather than kindness. After years of suffering brutal hardship, Lily is released into the world of Victorian London and the truth about her past begins to surface.

What begins as a search for belonging becomes something darker when Lily is reunited with policeman who first left her at the Foundling Hospital. Determined to confront those who have wronged her, Lily risks everything to claim control of her own life.

‘Enthralling... Tremain evokes Victorian London with visceral intensity in a gripping and deeply humane novel exploring themes of rejection, poverty, guilt and redemption’ Observer

'A heartbreaking story set in Victorian England from the pitch-perfect pen of Rose Tremain' The Times, BOOKS OF THE YEAR

Lily Mortimer is left in a London park in 1850, a nameless child carrying a secret she does not yet understand. Raised in the Foundling Hospital, Lily grows up under strict discipline and constant uncertainty, learning early that survival depends on resilience rather than kindness. After years o...

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11 reviews

Beverley Butcher

March 9, 2023

I loved this book. An emotional return to the farm, so palpable and raw.

Helen Little

May 20, 2024

an excellent read and written so well. I really enjoyed it.

About the author

Rose Tremain 's novels and short stories have been published in thirty countries and have won many awards, including the Orange Prize (The Road Home), the Dylan Thomas Award (The Colonel's Daughter and Other Stories), the Whitbread Novel of the Year (Music & Silence) and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Sacred Country) and the South Bank Sky Arts Award (The Gustav Sonata). Her most recent novel is Islands of Mercy. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007 and a Dame in 2020. She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer, Richard Holmes. www.rosetremain.co.uk

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