Slammerkin: The Compelling Historical Novel From Author Of Learned By Heart Emma Donoghue Virago Press Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Modern

Set In London And Monmouth The Late 1700S This Is An Extraordinary Novel About Mary Saunders Young Daughter Of A Poor Seamstress Hungers Greedily For Fine Clothes Ribbons As People Her Class Do Food Warmth It\ S Hunger That Lures Into Prostitution At Age Thirteen Thrown Out By Distraught Mother When She Gets Pregnant Almost Dies On Dangerous Streets Saviour Doll - Prostitute Roams Freely With Selling Body To All Manner \ Cullies\ Dressed Whorishly Colourful Gaudy Dresses Painted Red Smile Faced Bad Debts Threats Upon Life Eventually Flees Mother\ Hometown Where Attempts Start New Maid Mrs Jones\ House But Soon Discovers Can\ T Escape Past Just How Dearly Like Pay Yearnings Not Fitting Their Society Σελίδες: 432 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0301 Διαστάσεις: 12 8X12 8Cm