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Annabella Lagrange had the kind of childhood that most can only dream about.The only child of an aristocratic couple raised on their magnificent estate inthe English countryside she was loved by her parents and coddled by servantswho acquiesced to her every whim. She was allowed to do anything she wantedexcept of course to stray too far from her wing of the house. But herseclusion didnt concern her too much because when she grew up she planned tomarry her handsome cousin Stephen and live happily ever after. However onthe morning of her tenth birthday Annabella ventured farther than shed evergone before. Overcome with curiosity she opened a forbidden door that led intoher fathers private quarters and what she found there showed her withshocking clarity that her father was not the man she thought he was. And thoughshe couldnt know it at the time the events of that day set in motion theuncovering of a secret that had been kept for many years. So begins theremarkable story of Annabella Lagrange a sensitive beautiful young woman whowas raised as a lady. But when she turns eighteen she learns the surprisingcircumstances of her birth and her entire world quietly crashes around her.Suddenly shes forced from the genteel surroundings of her youth into therough lowerclass society of Victorian England where only her quick wit anddetermination can save her from starvation. Catherine Cookson was one ofthe worlds most beloved writers and in The Glass Virgin her powers are attheir height. Rarely has a heroine been portrayed more sensitively or asituation more compellingly. Filled with passion and drama The Glass Virginis a rare treat for lovers of romantic fiction. «
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