Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue
By Emma Donoghue"Slammerkin" A loose gown; a loose woman.
Born to rough cloth in Hogarth's London, but longing for silk, Mary Saunders's eye for a shiny red ribbon leads her to prostitution at a young age. A dangerous misstep sends her fleeing to Monmouth, and the position of household seamstress, the ordinary life of an ordinary girl with no expectations. But Mary has known freedom, and having never known love, it is freedom that motivates her. Mary asks herself if the prostitute who hires out her body is more or less free than the "honest woman" locked into marriage, or the servant who runs a household not her own? And is either as free as a man? Ultimately, Mary remains true only to the three rules she learned on the streets: Never give up your liberty. Clothes make the woman. Clothes are the greatest lie ever told.
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Book details
- Hardcover
- 336 pages
- English
- 0151006725
- 9780151006724
About Emma Donoghue
emma donoghue (born 24 october 1969) is an irish-canadian playwright, literary historian, novelist, and screenwriter. her 2010 novel room was a finalist fo Read More about Emma Donoghue
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