Fortune's Rocks
In 1890s Boston, a 15-year-old upper-class girl is banished to a convent following an affair with a married doctor which left her pregnant. The girl is forced to surrender the child for adoption, but she subsequently goes to court to recuperate it, and eventually marries the doctor. A study in the mores and manners of the day.
GenresYoung womenMassachusettsFictionSeaside resortsEssayistsSingle mothers
453 pages
English edition · First published 2000 by Abacus · ISBN 9780349112596
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