Ebook {Epub PDF} Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue

Born in Ireland, Emma Donoghue spent many years in England and now lives in Canada. She is the author of Slammerkin as well as two other novels, a collection of short stories, and a /5(). Slammerkin (London: Virago, , reissued ; New York: Harcourt, ; Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, ). Inspired by a murder that took place in the Welsh Borders in , Slammerkin, my third novel (and first historically inspired one), is about a prostitute obsessed with clothes.A surprise bestseller, it was a Main Selection of the Book of the Month Club and the Quality Paperback Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins.  · Born in Ireland, national bestselling author EMMA DONOGHUE spent many years in England and now lives in Canada. Her books include Room (basis for the Oscar-nominated film), Slammerkin, and The Pull of the Stars. Her novels have been translated into eight www.doorway.ru

A stunning and mesmerizing work of imaginative reconstruction, Emma Donoghue's novel Slammerkin (in 18th-century England the word referred to both "loose dress" and "loose woman") tells the harrowing tale of a real historical figure named Mary Saunders, who was born into working-class destitution in s London. The Joy of Silks. This novel's 18th-century heroine is a prostitute who loves fancy clothes. By LAURA JAMISON. SLAMMERKIN. By Emma Donoghue. pp. New York: Harcourt. $ hatever it says about our level of enlightenment (and it's probably not good), little seems to tickle us more than the tale of an unscrupulous woman who will stop at. Slammerkin. (15, ratings by Goodreads) Paperback. VMC Designer Collection. English. By (author) Emma Donoghue. Share. Set in London and Monmouth in the late s, this is an extraordinary novel about Mary Saunders, the young daughter of a poor seamstress. Mary hungers greedily for fine clothes and ribbons, as people of her class do for.

Slammerkin is a historical fiction novel by Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue. Published in , it is her third novel and is loosely based on the account of year-old Mary Saunders who was hanged for murdering her mistress, Joan Jones, in Monmouth, Wales, in Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue – review. Emma Donoghue's coming-of-age story of a teenage girl fending for herself in the s exerts a considerable grip. Irish author Emma Donoghue creates a. Born in Ireland, national bestselling author EMMA DONOGHUE spent many years in England and now lives in Canada. Her books include Room (basis for the Oscar-nominated film), Slammerkin, and The Pull of the Stars. Her novels have been translated into eight languages.