London, 1754. Six years after leaving her newborn, Clara, at London's Foundling Hospital, young Bess Bright returns to reclaim the illegitimate daughter. The last thing she expects to hear is that her daughter has already been reclaimed. Less than a mile from Bess's lodgings, a wealthy widow barely ventures outside. When her close friend - an ambitious doctor at the Foundling Hospital - persuades her to hire a nursemaid for her young daughter, she is hesitant. But her past is threatening to catch up with her - and will soon tear her carefully constructed world apart.
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