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The Colour of Milk, Paperback / softback Book

The Colour of Milk Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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The Colour of Milk is a literary tour de force of power, class, and fate, told in the fierce, urgent voice of the irrepressible Mary, a character as indelible as The Color Purples Celie and Margaret Atwoods eponymous Alias Grace.

Set in England in 1830, The Colour of Milk by Nell Leyshon is an emotionally haunting work of historical fiction hailed as charming, Bront-esque...and hard to forget (Marian Keyes) about an illiterate farm girls emotional and intellectual awakening and its devastating consequences.

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 vicars 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.

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