The Secret Child

1920s. England. Eleanor Hamilton is a happy wife and mother of a charming four-year-old girl, Mabel. Edward Hamilton is a renowned psychologist actively promoting the ideas of eugenics aimed at combating hereditary diseases for the public good. But when Mabel... is diagnosed with epilepsy, everything in the family falls apart. Mabel's illness must be kept secret; otherwise, Edward's life's work is at risk. Discovering that her husband is withholding important scientific information from her, Eleanor reconsiders her views on genetic inferiority, and her former faith in her husband's infallibility collapses. Disturbed, upset, and unable to tolerate the situation any longer, she takes matters into her own hands…

Author: ФЕЙН Л.

Printhouse: Azbuka

Series: The Big Book

Age restrictions: 16

Year of publication: 2023

ISBN: 9785389228306

Number of pages: 512

Size: 115х180 mm

Cover type: Мягкая обложка

Weight: 253 g

ID: 1430684

1920s. England. Eleanor Hamilton is a happy wife and mother of a charming four-year-old girl, Mabel. Edward Hamilton is a renowned psychologist actively promoting the ideas of eugenics aimed at combating hereditary diseases for the public good. But when Mabel is diagnosed with epilepsy, everything in the family falls apart. Mabel's illness must be kept secret; otherwise, Edward's life's work is at risk. Discovering that her husband is withholding important scientific information from her, Eleanor reconsiders her views on genetic inferiority, and her former faith in her husband's infallibility collapses. Disturbed, upset, and unable to tolerate the situation any longer, she takes matters into her own hands…