Slammerkin
Author(s): Emma Donoghue
'Strangers might remember a trip to see a girl hang, but who would spare a thought for the whos and hows and whys?' At thirteen, Mary, the daughter of a poor seamstress, longs for fine clothes as her neighbours hunger for food and warmth. For the love of a gorgeous red ribbon she finds herself seduced into a life on the cold, dangerous streets of late 1700s London. Her saviour is Doll, a gaudy young woman who takes her under her wing. But Mary soon discovers that she can't escape her past and that people like her pay must pay dearly for yearnings not fitting to their class ...
General Information
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- : Little, Brown Book Group
- : Virago Press Ltd
- : 01 August 2012
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 July 2012
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Emma Donoghue
- : Hardback
- : 1
- : 432
More About The Product
Emma Donoghue's gripping novel in a beautiful new hardback edition as part of the VMC set for adult and young adult readers.
Inspired by fragments of a story from the newspapers of the day, Slammerkin tells the story of Mary Saunders, an 18th century girl who falls, for love of a ribbon, into prostitution and ultimate disaster...A compelling novel, her best to date Financial Times As we follow her from whorehouse to the Magdalen Hospital for reformed prostitutes to a quiet country town, Mary (ambitious, refusing to conform, bitterly resenting anyone with the finery that symbolises a better life) is a memorable and unexpectedly touching character Sunday Times Utterly gripping The Times Absorbing, moving and intelligent...her writing is suffused with sensuality and sharp emotion TLS
Emma Donoghue is an Irish novelist, playwright and historian who lives in Canada. Her books include The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits, Touchy Subjects and Life Mask. Her critically acclaimed and internationally bestselling novel Room was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010.
