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Harnessing Peacocks

by Mary Wesley · 1985

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Mary Wesley creates one of the most enchanting heroines of recent literature in this story of independence, wit, and sensuality. Nineteen-year-old Hebe flees her family to avoid the forced abortion of her illegitimate child. What follows is at times poignant, touching, and in the end, surprising.

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romanceromanceMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisCornwallCornwallMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 288 pages

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