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Only Ever Yours
by Louise O'Neill
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Pub Date
3 Jul 2014
| Archive Date
25 Sep 2014
Description
freida and isabel have been best friends their whole lives. Now, aged sixteen and in their final year at the School, they expect to be selected as companions – wives to wealthy and powerful men.
The alternative – life as a concubine – is too horrible to contemplate.
But as the intensity of the final year takes hold, the pressure to be perfect mounts. isabel starts to self-destruct, putting her beauty – her only asset – in peril.
And then into this sealed female environment, the boys arrive, eager to choose a bride.
freida must fight for her future – even if it means betraying the only friend, the only love, she has ever known . . .
freida and isabel have been best friends their whole lives. Now, aged sixteen and in their final year at the School, they expect to be selected as companions – wives to wealthy and powerful men.
The...
Description
freida and isabel have been best friends their whole lives. Now, aged sixteen and in their final year at the School, they expect to be selected as companions – wives to wealthy and powerful men.
The alternative – life as a concubine – is too horrible to contemplate.
But as the intensity of the final year takes hold, the pressure to be perfect mounts. isabel starts to self-destruct, putting her beauty – her only asset – in peril.
And then into this sealed female environment, the boys arrive, eager to choose a bride.
freida must fight for her future – even if it means betraying the only friend, the only love, she has ever known . . .
Advance Praise
'A dark dream. A vivid nightmare. The world O'Neill imagines is frightening because it could come true. She writes with a scalpel.' Jeanette Winterson
'Utterly magnificent . . . gripping, accomplished and dark' Marian Keyes
'A dark dream. A vivid nightmare. The world O'Neill imagines is frightening because it could come true. She writes with a scalpel.' Jeanette Winterson
'Utterly magnificent . . . gripping, accomplished...
Advance Praise
'A dark dream. A vivid nightmare. The world O'Neill imagines is frightening because it could come true. She writes with a scalpel.' Jeanette Winterson
'Utterly magnificent . . . gripping, accomplished and dark' Marian Keyes
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Available Editions
| EDITION |
Mass Market Paperback |
| ISBN |
9781848664159 |
| PRICE |
£7.99 (GBP)
|
Additional Information
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Mass Market Paperback |
| ISBN |
9781848664159 |
| PRICE |
£7.99 (GBP)
|
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