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Fortune's rocks : a novel / Anita Shreve.

Shreve, Anita. (Author).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780316353571
  • ISBN: 0316353574
  • Physical Description: 453, 5, 10 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Back Bay Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company, [2008]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes a reading group guide (5 pages).
Includes a preview from Testimonials (10 pages).
Subject: Young women > Sexual behavior > New England > Fiction.
Mills and mill-work > New England > Fiction.
New England > Social life and customs > 19th century > Fiction.
New England > Social conditions > 19th century > Fiction.
Genre: Bildungsromans.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Potter-Tioga Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Oswayo Valley Memorial Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Oswayo Valley Memorial Library F SHR (Text) 30723000340423 Adult Fiction Available -

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