Fortune's Rocks: A Novel: a novel

by Anita Shreve

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In 1890s Boston, a 15-year-old upper-class girl is banished to a convent following an affair with a married doctor which left her pregnant. The girl is forced to...

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Details

AuthorAnita Shreve

First published2001

Era2000 onward

PublisherBack Bay Books

LanguageEnglish

FormatPaperback

ConditionFine

Reference71208-fine

The Story

In 1890s Boston, a 15-year-old upper-class girl is banished to a convent following an affair with a married doctor which left her pregnant. The girl is forced to surrender the child for adoption, but she subsequently goes to court to recuperate it, and eventually marries the doctor. A study in the mores and manners of the day.