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The Household
A Historical Fiction Novel by Stacey Halls
Subgenres:
- Victorian London,
- Women's Fiction,
- Found Family
This book is for you if you're into...
- Secretive Victorian refuges for women on society's margins
- Wealthy benefactors whose lives entwine with those they try to save
- Historical fiction exploring survival, sisterhood and uneasy second chances
From Little Stack
Stacey Halls has been one of my favourite historical fiction writers ever since I read her debut, The Familiars. Her latest offering is one of her best. It follows Martha as she arrives at Urania House, Charles Dickens’ new house for fallen women. On the board of governors at Urania is Angela Burdett Coutts, London’s richest woman, who becomes increasingly invested in the lives of the girls who live at Urania, especially Martha. Soon, their lives intersect in unexpected ways.
Absorbing, accomplished and mesmerising, this story about women, sisterhood, hardship and survival is one not to be missed.
NOT ALL WHO ARE FALLEN WANT TO BE SAVED
London, 1847. In a quiet house in the countryside outside London, the finishing touches are being made to welcome a group of young women. The house and its location are top secret, its residents unknown to one another, but the girls have one thing in common: they are fallen.
Offering refuge for prostitutes, petty thieves and the destitute, Urania Cottage is a second chance at life - but how badly do they want it?
Meanwhile, a few miles away in a Piccadilly mansion, millionairess Angela Burdett-Coutts, one of the benefactors of Urania Cottage, makes a discovery that leaves her cold. Her stalker of ten years has been released from prison, and she knows it's only a matter of time before their nightmarish game resumes once more.
As the women's worlds collide in ways they could never have expected, they will discover that freedom always comes at a price.
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