false 45162 20 Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a "baby farmer," who raised her with unusual tenderness, as if Sue were her own. Mrs. Sucksby's household, with its fussy babies calmed with doses of gin, also hosts a transient family of petty thieves '<i>Fingersmiths</i>' for whom this house in the heart of a mean London slum is home. One day, the most beloved thief of all arrives - Gentleman, an elegant con man, who carries with him an enticing proposition for Sue: If she wins a position as the maid to Maud Lilly, a naive gentlewoman, and aids Gentleman in her seduction, then they will all share in Maud's vast inheritance. Once the inheritance is secured, Maud will be disposed of - passed off as mad, and made to live out the rest of her days in a lunatic asylum. With dreams of paying back the kindness of her adopted family, Sue agrees to the plan. Once in, however, Sue begins to pity her helpless mark and care for Maud Lilly in unexpected ways... but no one and nothing is as it seems in this Dickensian novel of thrills and reversals. The New York Times Book Review has called <i>Sarah Waters</i> a writer of "startling power" and The Seattle Times has praised her work as "gripping, astute fiction that feeds the mind and the senses." <i>Fingersmith</i> marks a major leap forward in this young and brilliant career. 1014113 book 1 10 2002 Fingersmith total:3794|5:1313|4:1476|3:745|2:203|1:57| 3794 15167 5182 537 5 5 false false Sun Apr 01 13:37:50 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 01 13:40:43 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Wed Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 09:31:24 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 05:56:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 4 false false Sun Feb 10 14:55:17 -0800 2008 Sun Jun 29 13:07:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 13:34:11 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 04:11:31 -0700 2008 is Sarah Waters writing) and ultimately serves up one of the very best...more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 10 16:26:55 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 21:52:39 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Mar 22 20:02:15 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 22 20:38:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Jul 08 08:14:56 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 08 08:20:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Mar 11 14:33:30 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 14:43:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 05 07:56:46 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 05 08:11:33 -0700 2007 The story begins a little too much in the way the classic of 'the Secret Garden' did but it soon heats up with mys...more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Dec 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 08:23:51 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 08:25:20 -0800 2008 5 2 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 24 07:50:36 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 16:35:11 -0800 2009
Don't read too much about this book, just read it.]]> 3 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 13:31:27 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 17 13:31:27 -0800 2008 Fingersmith has recieved here. Don't get me wrong--I enjoyed reading it. I didn't have to push myself to get through any part of the novel. But, I felt like the first plot twist was so completely out-of-the-blue that I was actually angry at Water...more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue Jun 19 10:25:54 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 19 10:38:32 -0700 2007
Half the damn book was Waters narrating in excruciating detail who blushed when. Or, as she puts it, whose "...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 15:36:07 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 15:54:09 -0700 2009
Two young women are actively participating in sepparate plots to gai...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Sep 21 02:35:11 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 02:35:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 02:47:36 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 02:47:50 -0700 2009
The books that I am picking at the moment are hiuge and taking a long time to get through. The quality is high though, but it looks like I am slacking on my reading.

This is clever fiction by someone who you think is genuinely entertaining he...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jun 08 19:01:01 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 19:07:36 -0700 2009
So much for openers. Waters's breakthrough into the mainstream came in 2002 with Fingersmith (more Victorian slang - for a pickpocket, and also a midwife - gravid with sexual innuendo), which was shortlisted for both Orange and Man Booker. Kate Mosse, bestselling author...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed May 13 13:35:29 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 14:38:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 10:15:15 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 09:50:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 21:40:12 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 00:20:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=45162