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OLDER FICTION
Jocelyn, Marthe

Folly

249 pp. | Random/Lamb | May, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-0-385-73846-0 $15.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-385-90731-6 $18.99
(2) YA In 1878, Mary Finn becomes a maid in London. Seven years later, six-year-old James Nelligan reluctantly returns to the home (modeled after London's real-life Foundling Hospital) where his mother placed him as an infant. The parallel tales intersect in the book's final chapter. Mary's spry narration (James's chapters unfold in third-person) combined with the story's texture and fervent emotion will seduce readers.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2010

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