Saturday, November 29, 2008

Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue ISBN 0156007479

Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue, ISBN 0156007479

Drawn into prostitution in mid-1700s London at an early age because of her dreams for a more affluent lifestyle, Mary Saunders takes refuge as a seamstress in the middle-class household of Mrs. Jones but mistakenly comes to believe that fashionable clothing can enable her to win respect and freedom. Reprint. 50,000 first printing....Inspired by the story of a teenage girl who murdered her mistress in 1763 because she 'longed for fine clothes, ' 'Slammerkin' is the bestselling classic story of a lower-class Roxana, a female Tom Jones.... Click here or on the image for details



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