Slammerkin

by Emma Donoghue

2020-04-21 17:17:29

Born to rough cloth in working-class London in 1748, Mary Saunders hungers for velvet and lace-a desire that leads her to a life of prostitution, where she encounters a freedom unknown to virtuous young women. In the end, it is clothes, their splendo... Read more

Born to rough cloth in working-class London in 1748, Mary Saunders hungers for velvet and lace-a desire that leads her to a life of prostitution, where she encounters a freedom unknown to virtuous young women. In the end, it is clothes, their splendour and their deception, that bring Mary to the brink of disaster. Slammerkin is both a brilliant evocation of another era and a timeless tale of the rage of adolescence.

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Book Details

File size6.28x9.30x1.13inches
Print pages352
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Publication date June 30, 2001
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780151006724
Emma Donoghue (born 24 October 1969) is an Irish-Canadian playwright, literary historian, novelist, and screenwriter. Her 2010 novel Room was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize and an international b...

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