Tipping the Velvet (Virago V S.)
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Oyster girl, music-hall star, rent boy and roue - Nan King has done it all. From the fish parlours of Whitstable to the guttering gas-lamps of Leicester Square, from her first love Kitty Butler to her rich and exacting mistress Diana Lethaby, she's learned the hard way that life - both on and off the stage - is a curious mixture of magic and necessity, glamour and sweat. She has strolled and posed and kissed her way through the streets and the drawing-rooms of Victorian London, she has satisfied curious hungers - and had her own queer appetite sharpened in turn ...
This is the first book/experience I've had with Bookcrossing and I think it's a great idea. I was given the book by a lovely lady in King George Square in Brisbane whilst collecting money for Brisbane Pride during the Pride Rally before our march. Thanks so much for the book. I'll be sure to set it free again once I've finished reading it.