![]() ![]() Language eng Summary Susan Rose isn't the average protagonist: she's scheming, promiscuous, plump, and she is also smart, funny, tender, and entirely lovable. Great Britain - History - Victoria, 1837-1901 - Fiction.Label The wet nurse's tale Title The wet nurse's tale Statement of responsibility Erica Eisdorfer Creator Susan embarks on a terrifying journey to rescue her son before he meets the same fate Dark and full of secrets, its master is in India, and the first baby who died there did so under very mysterious circumstances. Once reunited with her son, Susan discovers the Norbert home to be a much more sinister place than she'd ever expected. But when her own child is sold by her father and sent to a London lady who had recently lost a baby, Susan manages to convince his new foster mother, Mrs. Susan, you see, is a professional wet nurse she breast-feeds the children of wealthy women who can't or won't nurse their own babies. ![]() But Susan is the kind of plucky heroine who seeks her fortune, and finds it. Like many lower-class women of Victorian England, she was born into a world that offered very few opportunities for the poor and unlovely. ![]() Summary Susan Rose isn't the average protagonist: she's scheming, promiscuous, plump, and she is also smart, funny, tender, and entirely lovable. ![]()
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