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The fact was, we had both gone kissless for so long, that, having once begun to kiss again, we could not stop.
What a journey this book is!! And woowhee I can see why it gets shelved as smut! But more than any of that, this book was AMAZEBALLS.
Sarah Waters demands the reader's full engagement, you have to work for it and settle in for the long haul which is why this ís only the second book I've read by her. But she makes it so worthwhile, which is why I regret this is only the second boo ...more
This is the bildungsroman of a lesbian in late Victorian England. Nancy Astley - a.k.a. 'Nan King' - grows up in Whitstable shucking oysters and dating boys just like any other normal eighteen-year-old, then moves to London in the company of the first female object of her affection, Kitty Butler, and finds herself caught up in the whirlwind that is theatre life. I thought at first that this was going to be largely about Nan's career as a 'masher' - a cross-dressing actress - but Nan's life soon
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