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But more than that, fingersmith is fantastic this novel told a darn good story. My first sarah waters book was tipping the velvet rope and i loved it. She has won a betty trask award, the somerset maugham award and her books have been shortlisted for the man booker prize and the orange prize. So when the ebook was selling for a song, it was one i had to buy. Directed by aisling walsh, it stars sally hawkins, imelda staunton, elaine cassidy, rupert evans and charles dance the miniseries was nominated for best drama serial at the. This fingersmith book is telling about sue trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of mrs.
Nov 24, 2014 if i were stranded on a desert island and i only had one book it would be fingersmith by sarah waters i adore this book. Leaving womens fingerprints on victorian pornography. Oliver twist with a twistwaters spins an absorbing tale that withholds as much as it discloses. Orphaned as an infant, susan trinder was raised by mrs. Sarah waters is the new york times bestselling author of the paying guests, the little stranger, the night watch, fingersmith, affinity, and tipping the velvet.
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