Book guide
The Household
At Dickens’s refuge for “fallen” women, second chances come with locked doors and dangerous secrets.
GenresHistorical
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About The Household
In 1847 London, Urania Cottage prepares to receive young women seeking escape from prostitution, theft, and destitution. Their benefactor, Angela Burdett-Coutts, is also facing renewed danger from a long-term stalker newly released from prison. Inspired by real figures and Charles Dickens’s home for fallen women, the novel follows intersecting lives where freedom carries a price.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- sex work
- incarceration
- poverty
- rape
- miscarriage
- stalking
