Book guide
Slammerkin
A red ribbon lures Mary Saunders into a fight for freedom.
GenresHistorical
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalFeminine rageHistoricalClass divide
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About Slammerkin
In eighteenth-century England, Mary Saunders longs for silk and escape from poverty, a desire that leads her into prostitution and then flight to Monmouth. Emma Donoghue’s novel follows Mary’s fierce pursuit of liberty in a world that gives women few choices.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Extreme
- Pacing
- Slow
Content warnings
- rape
- sexual assault
- sexual violence
- abortion
- sexual content
- death
- violence
- murder
- pedophilia
- miscarriage
- child abuse
- forced prostitution
- racism
- slavery
