From the Booker-shortlisted author comes a sensuous, evocative novel exploring the lives of women in Victorian London, for fans of Sarah Waters, Emma Donoghue, and Kate Atkinson.
Immersing herself in local history, she reads the work of Henry Mayhew, who documented Victorian working class life, and she. 2011: When Madeleine loses her job as a lecturer, she decides to leave her London flat for the swelling city\'s outskirts, moving to the quiet Walworth cul-de-sac of Apricot Place.
From the Booker-shortlisted author comes a sensuous, evocative novel exploring the lives of women in Victorian London, for fans of Sarah Waters, Emma Donoghue, and Kate Atkinson