Carrion Crow [electronic resource]
Heather Parry2025
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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:
Carrion Crow [electronic resource] / Heather Parry
Author:
Heather Parry, 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
Subject:
BRN:
531992
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