Colour of milk

Summary: Mary, the spirited youngest daughter of an angry, violent man, is sent to work for the local vicar and his invalid wife. Her strange new surroundings offer unsettling challenges, including the vicar's lecherous son and a manipulative fellow servant. But life in the vicarage also offers unexpected joys, as the curious young girl learns to read and write -- knowledge that will come at a tragic price.

Item details

ISBN: 9780062245823 (hc.)
ISBN: 0062245821 (hc.)
Physical Description: print
171 p. ; 22 cm.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: New York: Ecco, 2012

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Subject:

Women household employees Fiction
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Country life Fiction
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Genre:

Domestic fiction.
Pastoral fiction.

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