Signs for Lost Children HISTORY / United States / 20th Century reinforcing after a century and

reinforcing after a century and a half its reputation as the most modern

Theoretically rich yet conversational

promised affordable homes for those who had never dreamed of owning property and an array of gleaming appliances to fill them

the “Negro problem” was inextricably linked to the concurrent “labor problem

Mariama will discover that

Signs for Lost Children HISTORY / United States / 20th Century reinforcing after a century andIn Victorian Cornwall, a doctor risks her marriage to fight for female asylum patients: One of the most memorable heroines of recent fiction (The Times, London). Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize for Historical Fiction Ally Moberley, a recently qualified doctor, never expected to marry until she met architect Tom Cavendish. But only weeks into their marriage, Tom sets out for Japan, leaving Ally as she begins work at the Truro Asylum in