Skip to main content
Thumbnail for Carrion Crow [electronic resource]

Carrion Crow [electronic resource]

Heather Parry2025
eAudioBook
Brought to you by Penguin. A powerful and spine-tingling gothic tale exploring mother-daughter relationships, sexuality, and class. There are some facts about the world that only your mother can teach you. Marguerite had been confined for the sake of her wellbeing. That’s what her mother had said. Marguerite Périgord is locked in the attic of her family home, a towering Chelsea house overlooking the stinking Thames. For company she has a sewing machine, Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management and a carrion crow who has come to nest in the rafters. Restless, she spends her waning energies on the fascinations of her own body, memorising Mrs Beeton’s advice and longing for her life outside. Cécile Périgord has confined her daughter Marguerite for her own good. Cécile is concerned that Marguerite’s engagement to a much older, near-penniless solicitor, will drag the family name – her husband’s name, that is – into disrepute. And for Cécile, who has worked hard a...
Main title:
Author:
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Random House UK, 2025
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file) (193 MB, 07:02:19 H)
Performers:
Narrator: Olivia Vinall
Audience:
Adult
System details:
Platform: findawayMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781529955835
Language:
English
BRN:
531992
Electronic access:
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
OnlineOnline resource (Member logon)indyreads - eAudiobookLogin to access
View my active saved list
0 items in my active saved list