A MOTHER’S SECRET
Book ID/图书代码： 12691011B45091
English Summary/英文概要： When seventeen-year-old Belinda Phillips falls in love with a handsome Anglo-Indian officer, she knows that he is a man she can never hope to marry. When he is reported missing, believed killed in action, Belinda discovers that she is pregnant. Facing disgrace and ruin, she has no option other than to accept an arranged marriage with a middle-aged widower, knowing she must keep the secret of her child’s birth for ever.
Reluctantly she sends her beloved daughter to a foster mother in Cripplegate, little realising she has entrusted Cassy’s care to Biddy Henchard, a woman who runs a notorious baby farm in an area full of poverty and disease. Despite her terrible upbringing, Cassy survives the old woman’s cruel neglect. All the while she dreams of a mother she has never known, hoping she will come and save her from her dreadful fate. But when Biddy dies suddenly, ten-year-old Cassy finds herself destitute and with little hope of ever finding the mother she so longs for...
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 17岁的贝琳达菲利普斯，爱上了一个英俊的英印官员。但她知道，这是一场不可奢望婚姻的爱情。而当他在一场军事行动中失踪，并证实已经阵亡的时候，贝琳达发现她怀孕了。面对毁灭般的绝望心情以及来自各个方面的压力与耻辱，她没有任何选择，不得不嫁给一个中年鳏夫，并且她必须对自己孩子的身世永远保密。
贝琳达在百般无奈下，将她深爱的孩子送往圣吉尔斯养母处，但她却总是很少意识到她已经将她的孩子凯西委托给了她的养母——比迪亨察尔。比迪亨察尔经营着一个贫穷、疾病横生、臭名昭著的农场，在她的农场里，她收养来自各个地方的婴儿。凯西的出生并不幸福，她在比迪这个老妇人的残忍漠视与疏于照顾中生存了下来。很多时候，她经常想念她未曾谋面的母亲，她渴望能将她的母亲从绝望的命运中拯救出来。但当比迪忽然去世，10几岁的凯西才发现自己一贫如洗，伴随她的只有长久以来的希冀，那就是找到她日思夜想的母亲……(兼职翻译-YZH)
Awards/获奖情况：迪丽•康特同样也是《衣着褴褛的继承人》的作者，在20世纪的伦敦被称为最受世人瞩目的传奇故事之一。
About the Author/作者介绍： 迪丽•康特在伦敦的东北部长大，她创作生涯从电视广告脚本开始，她有两个儿女和四个孙儿。现在的迪丽，与他的丈夫生活在美丽的侏罗纪海岸的多塞特，陪伴他们的还有一只叫阿奇的黄色拉布拉多。她也是《人鱼之歌》、《娃娃制作商的女儿们》、《蒂莉•真》、《最好的姐妹》、《伦敦东区的麻雀》、《勇敢的母亲》、《不朽的心》、《母亲的承诺》、《母亲的期望》以及《衣着褴褛的继承人》等多部脍炙人口作品的作者。想要更了解迪丽•康特，你可以访问她的的个人主页www.dillycourt.com Dilly Court grew up in North-east London and began her career in television, writing scripts for commercials. She is married with two grown-up children and four grandchildren, and now lives in Dorset on the beautiful Jurassic Coast with her husband and a large, yellow Labrador called Archie. She is also the author of Mermaids Singing, The Dollmaker’s Daughters, Tilly True, The Best of Sisters, The Cockney Sparrow, A Mother’s Courage, The Constant Heart, A Mother’s Promise, The Cockney Angel, A Mother’s Wish and The Ragged Heiress. To find out more about Dilly Court visit her website at www.dillycourt.com
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