SUMMARY: This stunning and steamy debut chronicles the adventures of Nan King, a small-town girl at the turn of the century whose life takes a wild turn when she follows a local music hall star to London. "Readers of all sexes and orientations should identify with this gutsy hero as she learns who
Tipping the velvet (2000)
β Scribed by Waters, Sarah
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 287 KB
- Edition
- 1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1573227889
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β¦ Synopsis
SUMMARY:
This stunning and steamy debut chronicles the adventures of Nan King, a small-town girl at the turn of the century whose life takes a wild turn when she follows a local music hall star to London. "Readers of all sexes and orientations should identify with this gutsy hero as she learns who she is and how to love."--"Newsday."
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