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Slammerkin Cover Image Book Book

Slammerkin

Donoghue, Emma 1969- (Author).

Summary: Mary Saunders, a lower-class London schoolgirl, was born into rough cloth but hungered for lace and the trappings of a higher station than her family would ever know. In 18th-century England, Mary's shrewd instincts will get her only so far, and she despairs of the plans made for her to carve out a trade as a seamstress or a maid. Unwilling to bend to such a destiny, Mary strikes out on a painful, fateful journey all her own. Inspired by the obscure historical figure Mary Saunders, Slammerkin is a provocative, graphic tale and a rich feast of an historical novel. Author Emma Donoghue probes the gap between a young girl's quest for freedom and a better life and the shackles that society imposes on her. "Never give up your liberty." - "Goodreads"

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  • ISBN: 9780151006724
  • ISBN: 0965019742 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0151006725
  • Physical Description: 336 p. ; 24 cm.
    print
  • Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Harcourt, [2001]

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Genre: Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
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Historical fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Portage la Prairie Regional Library.

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