num_pages: 400
description: A romantic vivid novel about three women who leave Victorian London for Egypta tale of female empowerment self-discovery love and the absolution that comes from facing the secrets of our pasts.Harriet Herons life is almost over before it has even begun. At just twenty-three years of age she is an invalid overprotected and reclusive. Before it is too late she must escape the fog of Victorian London for a place where she can breathe.Together with her devoted mother Louisa her god-fearing aunt Yael and a book of her own spells inspired by the Egyptian Book of the Dead Harriet travels to a land where the air is tinged with rose and gold and for the first time begins to experience what it is to live. But a chance meeting on the voyage to Alexandria results in a dangerous friendship as Louisas long-buried past returns in the form of someone determined to destroy her by preying on her daughter. As Harriet journeys towards a destiny no one could have foreseen her Aunt Yael is caught up in an Egypt on the brink of revolt and Louisa must confront the ghosts of her own youth.The Sacred River is an indelible depiction of the power of women and the influence they can have when released from the confines of proper English society. In the tradition of Kate Chopin and Charlotte Perkins Gilman writer Wendy Wallace spins a tale of three women caught between propriety and love on a journey of cultural awakening through an exquisitely drawn Egypt. Sumptuous and mesmerizing this provocative novel about finding your rightful place in the world is a beautiful tantalizing read.
language: English
title: The Sacred River
publisher: Simon &Schuster Ltd.