The Sealed Letter
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Publishing Details
The Sealed Letter
By (Author) Emma Donoghue
Pan Macmillan
Picador
7th June 2012
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
823.92
Long-listed for Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction 2012 (UK)
Physical Properties
Paperback
496
Width 130mm, Height 196mm, Spine 32mm
326g
Description
Based on a real-life scandal that gripped England in 1864. From the bestselling author of Room, Emma Donoghue's The Sealed Letter is a delicious tale of secrets, betrayal, and forbidden love.
Helen Codrington is unhappily married. Emily 'Fido' Faithfull hasn't seen her once-dear friend for years. Suddenly, after bumping into Helen on the streets of Victorian London, Fido finds herself reluctantly helping Helen to have an affair with a young army officer.
The women's friendship quickly unravels amid courtroom accusations of adultery, counter-accusations of cruelty and attempted rape, and the appearance of a mysterious 'sealed letter' that could destroy more than one life . . .
'The Sealed Letter is a page-turner with a jaw-dropping ending' Stylist
Reviews
Very enjoyable * Independent on Sunday *
Briskly written, deftly plotted and nicely ironic * Guardian *
Blissfully readable * The Times *
The Sealed Letter is a page-turner with a jaw-dropping ending. * Stylist *
Author Bio
Born in 1969, Emma Donoghue is an Irish writer who spent eight years in England before moving to Canada. Her fiction includes Slammerkin, Life Mask, Touchy Subjects, Frog Music and the international bestseller Room (shortlisted for the Man Booker and Orange Prizes).
