Debutantes
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Paperback, 704 pages.
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A century ago marriage, and marriage alone, offered a nicely brought-up girl escape from the domination of her parents. Indeed it was the only path to freedom. That path led her to a Season in London and, the ultimate goal, Coming Out as a debutante. But along the way, she had to survive a terrifying few months, a make-or-break time in which her family's hopes for her could only be fulfilled through a proposal of marriage.
For Lady Emily Persse, Coming Out means leaving her beloved Ireland and its informalities for England and its stricter codes. For Portia Tradescant, released from the boredom of life in the English countryside, it means trying to get through the Season despite the best efforts of her eccentric Aunt Tattie. For beautiful May Danby the Season is an entree to a whole other life, worlds away from her strict convent upbringing in Yorkshire.
Debutantes, Charlotte Bingham's delightful and stylish new saga, centres around a single London Season in the eighteen-nineties. But it is not just about the debutantes themselves. It is as much about the women who launch them, and the Society which supports their way of life. It is also about the battle for power, privilege and money, fought, not in the male tradition upon the battlefield, but in the female tradition... in the ballroom.
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** Different cover art **
From the back cover:
A century ago marriage, and marriage alone, offered a nicely brought-up girl escape from the domination of her parents. Indeed it was the only path to freedom. That path led her to a Season in London and, the ultimate goal, Coming Out as a debutante. But along the way, she had to survive a terrifying few months, a make-or-break time in which her family's hopes for her could only be fulfilled through a proposal of marriage.
For Lady Emily Persse, Coming Out means leaving her beloved Ireland and its informalities for England and its stricter codes. For Portia Tradescant, released from the boredom of life in the English countryside, it means trying to get through the Season despite the best efforts of her eccentric Aunt Tattie. For beautiful May Danby the Season is an entree to a whole other life, worlds away from her strict convent upbringing in Yorkshire.
Debutantes, Charlotte Bingham's delightful and stylish new saga, centres around a single London Season in the eighteen-nineties. But it is not just about the debutantes themselves. It is as much about the women who launch them, and the Society which supports their way of life. It is also about the battle for power, privilege and money, fought, not in the male tradition upon the battlefield, but in the female tradition... in the ballroom.
I can't see myself getting around to reading this at all, so it will be wild released or RABCKed soon.
Journal Entry 3 by briz-cowgirl at Brisbane, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Sunday, December 20, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (12/20/2009 UTC) at Brisbane, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases
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Heading off to luckaye to accompany a bookring.
Heading off to luckaye to accompany a bookring.
Arrived today as a stowaway with another book - thanks!
via BookMooch.com
Journal Entry 6 by 
catsalive
at Rooty Hill, New South Wales Australia on Thursday, September 1, 2011
catsalive at Rooty Hill, New South Wales Australia on Thursday, September 1, 2011
Thanks luckaye.
Too much like a soap opera for me. Really, what a load of tripe.
Journal Entry 8 by catsalive at Richmond Community Services in Richmond, New South Wales Australia on Monday, June 3, 2013
catsalive at Richmond Community Services in Richmond, New South Wales Australia on Monday, June 3, 2013
Released 10 yrs ago (6/3/2013 UTC) at Richmond Community Services in Richmond, New South Wales Australia
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