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Format: Paperback, Unabridged-CD
Publisher: Penguin USA
Published: Sep 2002
Genre: Fiction - Historical - General
Retail Price: $16.00
Pages: 336
In a novel of manners and social divisions set against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century England, two girls from different classes become friends, and their families' lives become intertwined in the process. By the author of Girl With a Pearl Earring. Reader's Guide available. Reprint.
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