DONOGHUE, EMMA - Slammerkin

Virago, 2001. Paperback. ISBN: 186049899X. Trade Paperback in Near Fine condition with light tanning to the page edges. "Born to rough cloth in working-class London in 1748, Mary Saunders hungers for linen and lace. Her lust for a shiny red ribbon leads her to a life of prostitution at a young age, where she encounters a freedom unknown to virtuous young women. But a dangerous misstep sends her fleeing to Monmouth and the refuge of the middle-class household of Mrs. Jones, to become the seamstress her mother always expected her to be and to live the ordinary life of an ordinary girl." ; 1.02 x 7.72 x 4.96 Inches; 422 pages. Near Fine with no dust jacket .