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The curse of the appropriate man
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Lynn Freed |
A collection of short tales follows the struggles between mothers and their wayward daughters, the absurdities that bind women and men, and the complex interplay between masters and servants. |
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The St. Zita Society
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Ruth Rendell |
Dex works as a gardener for Dr Jefferson at his home on Hexam place in Pimlico: an exclusive street of houses inhabited by the rich and serviced by the not so rich. The hired help, a motley assortmen… |
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The invention of wings
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Sue Monk Kidd |
Hetty "Handful" Grimké, an urban slave in early nineteenth century Charleston, yearns for life beyond the suffocating walls that enclose her within the wealthy Grimké household. The Grimké's daughter… |
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Downstairs Maid
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Rosie Clarke |
When her father becomes ill, Emily Carter finds herself tasked with the responsibility of providing for the family and is sent to work as a servant girl at Priorsfield Manor. As she settles in to the… |
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The Space Between Us
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Thrity N. Umrigar |
Each morning, Bhima, a domestic servant in contemporary Bombay, leaves her own small shanty in the slums to tend to another woman's house. In Sera Dubash's home, Bhima scrubs the floors of a house in… |
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The Sound and the Fury
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William Faulkner |
In many ways this was an experimental novel, using several differing narrative styles. Divided into four parts, the author relates the same episodes from four different viewpoints, using a different … |
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