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    "description": "There are some facts about the world that only your mother can teach you.\nMarguerite had been confined for the sake of her wellbeing.\nThat\u2019s what her mother had said.\n\nMarguerite P\u00e9rigord is locked in the attic of her family home, a towering Chelsea house overlooking the stinking Thames. \nFor company she has a sewing machine, Mrs Beeton\u2019s 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\u2019s advice and longing for her life outside.\n\nC\u00e9cile P\u00e9rigord has confined her daughter Marguerite for her own good.\nC\u00e9cile is concerned that Marguerite\u2019s engagement to a much older, near-penniless solicitor, will drag the family name \u2013 her husband\u2019s name, that is \u2013 into disrepute. And for C\u00e9cile, who has worked hard at her own betterment, this simply won\u2019t do.\nC\u00e9cile\u2019s life has taught her that no matter how high a woman climbs she can just as readily fall.\n\nOf course, both have their secrets, intentions and histories to hide. As Marguerite\u2019s patience turns into rage, the boundaries of her mind and body start to fray. And neither woman can recognise what the other is becoming.\n",
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