{"product_id":"the-winter-child-faye-godwin-9798274375375","title":"The Winter Child","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Victorian Romance of Secrets, Sacrifice, and Two Mothers' Love\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLondon, 1842. On the coldest Christmas Eve in memory, nineteen-year-old widow Florie White faces an impossible choice: \u003c\/b\u003e watch her fevered infant daughter die in a rat-infested boarding house or abandon her on the doorstep of a wealthy family's mansion, praying they'll save the child she cannot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat same night, Eliza Stanford has just lost her third baby and learned she'll never bear another. \u003cb\u003eWhen she discovers an abandoned infant on her doorstep, she sees divine providence-and makes a desperate decision that will haunt two families for decades.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwelve years later, fate brings Florie to Stanford House as a servant, where she comes face to face with a accomplished young lady who bears a haunting resemblance to her dead daughter. As Florie cares for Beatrice Stanford, she notices a distinctive crescent birthmark that confirms the impossible: her daughter is alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow two mothers must navigate an unbearable truth.\u003c\/b\u003e One raised Beatrice in privilege and loves her as fiercely as any birth mother. The other has mourned her as dead while writing over a hundred letters to her \"Angel in Heaven.\" And between them stands a remarkable young woman who senses something is missing from her perfect life but can't imagine the explosive secret about to shatter everything she knows. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a suspicious husband launches an investigation, a predatory suitor threatens exposure, and the truth finally erupts, three women must decide: \u003cb\u003eIs love stronger than blood? Can forgiveness heal the wounds of deception? And is it possible for a daughter to belong to two mothers-one who loved her enough to give her away, and one who loved her enough to live a lie?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet against the gaslit streets and grand estates of Victorian London, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Winter Child\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is an emotionally gripping saga about the lengths mothers will go to for their children, the families we're born into versus the ones we choose, and the redemptive power of truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Faye Godwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798274375375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Faye Godwin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48588383846655,"sku":"9798274375375","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-winter-child-faye-godwin-9798274375375","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}