Shortlisted for the Orange Prize (now the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction) and the Man Booker Prize
London 1862.
Sue Trinder,orphaned at birth,grows up among petty thieves - fingersmiths - under the rough but loving care of Mrs Sucksby and her'family'. But from the moment she draws breath,Sue's fate is linked to that of another orphan growing up in a gloomy mansion not too many miles away.
Publisher: Little,Brown Book GroupISBN: 9781860498831Number of pages: 560Weight: 436 gDimensions: 198 x 131 x 37 mm
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'Totally immersive with brilliantly drawn characters... a page-turning thriller while managing to be a tender love story'- Adam Kay
Sarah Waters
One of contemporary literature's greatest talents,British author Sarah Waters made her name with her first novel,Tipping the Velvet. A darkly passionate,vaudevillian tale of lesbian passion amidst the picaresque world of Victorian Music Hall. Multi-award winning,her other novels include Affinity,Fingersmith,The Night Watch,The Little Stranger and The Paying Guests.
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