{"product_id":"family-secrets-23","title":"Family Secrets","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn a Liverpool railway platform a heartbroken mother hands over her eight-year-old illegitimate son for adoption . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA vicar brings to his bank vault a diary - sewed up in calico, wrapped in parchment - that chronicles his longing for other men . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe one-year-old daughter committed to an institution and barely visited or referred to by her family ever again . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFamily Secrets\u003c\/i\u003e Deborah Cohen explores the extraordinary choices British families made in the past to protect their good name. Whether it is hiding an adopted son's origins or the tangled attempts to prevent a divorce, \u003ci\u003eFamily Secrets\u003c\/i\u003e exposes how we dealt with our shame - publicly and in our hearts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A book of marvels' Kathryn Hughes, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fact-packed and fascinating' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Dozens of illuminating stories culled from the divorce-courts, adoption agencies and institutes for the mentally impaired. A find' Judith Flanders,\u003ci\u003e Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn into a family with its own fair share of secrets, Deborah Cohen was raised in Kentucky and educated at Harvard and Berkeley.She teaches at Northwestern University, where she holds the Peter B. Ritzma Professorship of the Humanities.Her last book was the award-winning \u003ci\u003eHousehold Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, a history of the British love-affair with the home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54226943082840,"sku":"9780141048574","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141048574_c857ef33-66a7-4b59-979c-654bff3fd12b.jpg?v=1764834340","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/family-secrets-23","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}