Slammerkin

  • Author Emma Donoghue
  • Narrator Charlotte Strevens
  • Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
  • Run Time 14 hours and 50 minutes
  • Format Audio
  • Genre Modern and contemporary fiction.
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What to expect

A classic coming-of-age story

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 is seduced into a life on the cold, murky 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 must pay dearly for yearnings not fitting to their class . . .

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