“But instead I shared the fate of all girls who are poor of pocket: I was tied to my work, like a needle tethered by thread.” Ruth is a talented seamstress, who in her short life started by helping her mother with her sewing orders before being sent to work at Metyard’s an upmarket dressmakers where she used to sew in terrible conditions, under Mrs Metyard and her daughter Kate who worked the girls hard and did not forgive mistakes. Ruth is a self confessed murderess, just a teenager who has had a terrible life, she has admitted to killing her mistress and is heading to the gallows. When Ruth Butterham arrives at Oakgate she immediately becomes of interest to Dorothea. Her father is keen to marry her off to a man who is suitable to a woman of her class, but Dorothea is much more interested in the women prisoners of Oakgate Prison and in furthering her study of phrenology: a theory which claims to be able to determine character, personality traits, and criminality on the basis of the shape of the head. This is my first book by Laura Purcell and I will be going on to read her others without a doubt!ĭorothea Truelove is a 25 year old lady – wealthy and beautiful. The Corset was our September book pick for the Shoreham Book Club and generally it was well received by our members – a couple didn’t get on with it but I absolutely adored it. Originally published: May 2019 (first published Sep 2018)
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