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Overview
In this distinctive tale enriched by crystalline images of nature, a village beauty becomes village outcast after she bears a child fathered by an itinerant painter. Coral Fairweather's pride prevents her from seeking hand-outs from the authorities or from the man who would love her, but her strength in the face of adversity goes unnoticed. Instead, mean-spirited gossips, spurred on by a bitter widow, see in the young woman only a rejection of all that is respectable. As they convince the Parish Council to purge their neat village of this "pariah", the novel proceeds to its terrifying climax.Book Details
Published
July 2, 1992
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Pages
157
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781853811937