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The Journal of Dora Damage

The Journal of Dora Damage

Author(s): Belinda Starling

Location(s): London

Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Era(s): 1850s

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London, 1859. By the time Dora Damage discovers that her husband Peter has arthritis in his hands, it is too late – their book-binding business is in huge debt and the family is on the brink of entering the poorhouse. But Dora proves that she is more than just a housewife and mother. She resolves to rescue her family at any price and finds herself irrevocably entangled in a web of sex, money, deceit and the law.

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Wow, this history of bookbinding is so well researched and Dora’s Journal conjures up Victorian London really excellently, the dirt, the smell, the poverty, and the gulf between rich and poor. Niamh Goldsmith –

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