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If you’re a fan of Sarah Waters or Emma Donoghue (doing historical fiction), then I think you’ll like this novel—a story partly centered around Ruth, a woman boxer in Bristol in the 19th century but also following several other characters she comes in contact with—George, a gentleman with poor prospects and a penchant for gambling, and Charlotte, a wealthy young woman scarred by small pox and trapped by the men in her life. All three characters are struggling to make their way in the world—trapp
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Just fabulous. Every historical novel should be this superb.
I knew very little about this book before I started it and I recommend you do the same. If you like historical novels with women as central figures and female friendships, you’ll like this.
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