num_pages: 336
description: Slammerkin : A loose gown; a loose woman.Born to rough cloth in Hogarth's London, but longing for silk, Mary Saunders's eye for a shiny red ribbon leads her to prostitution at a young age. A dangerous misstep sends her fleeing to Monmouth, and the position of household seamstress, the ordinary life of an ordinary girl with no expectations. But Mary has known freedom, and having never known love, it is freedom that motivates her. Mary asks herself if the prostitute who hires out her body is more or less free than the "honest woman" locked into marriage, or the servant who runs a household not her own? And is either as free as a man? Ultimately, Mary remains true only to the three rules she learned on the streets: Never give up your liberty. Clothes make the woman. Clothes are the greatest lie ever told.
language: English
title: Slammerkin: A Loose Dress, A Loose Woman
titlecomplete: Slammerkin: A Loose Dress, A Loose Woman
characters: Mary Saunders
genres: Fiction, Adult Fiction, British Literature, 18th Century, Prostitution, Canada, Historical, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Adult
ratings_count: 16269
places: London, England, Monmouth, Wales
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Ferro-Grumley Award
category: Lesbian Fiction
publisher: Harcourt, Inc.