The lost girl
(2013)
Fiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Interactive Media : Made available through hoopla, 2013
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781909904736 (electronic bk.) MWT11620407, 1909904732 (electronic bk.) 11620407
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Alvina Houghton, the daughter of a widowed Midlands draper, comes of age just as her father's business is failing. In a desperate attempt to regain his fortune and secure his daughter's proper upbringing, James Houghton buys a theatre. Among the travelling performers he employs is Ciccio, a sensual Italian who immediately captures Alvina's attention. Fleeing with him to Naples, she leaves her safe world behind and enters one of sexual awakening, desire, and fleeting freedom
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