Download or read book The Foundling's Daughter written by Ann Bennett and published by . This book was released on 2018-12 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three women connected down the decades by a mystery from the 1930s, with its roots in British India and an orphanage in Berkshire.In 1934, Anna Foster, the young wife of a British Army Officer, privately harbouring pain and remorse, sets sail from Bombay on a fateful journey home, a letter from a charismatic stranger - orphanage superintendent, Reverend Ezra Burroughs - in her pocket.Seventy-six years later, Connie Burroughs, Ezra's daughter, now in her nineties and in a care home, still lives in fear of her dead father. She guards his secrets loyally, but with a lifetime of regrets.Sarah Jennings, escaping an unhappy marriage, moves to be near her ageing father. She buys Cedar Lodge, the crumbling former home of the Burroughs family, a renovation project she hopes will bring peace of mind to trying times. But she's not prepared for the shocking secrets she uncovers.Determined to track down the past, Sarah embarks on a quest to expose the chilling events that took place at Ezra Burroughs' orphanage in the 1930s; a quest that will ultimately change her life.