AWARD-WINNING NOVELIST. SEE JACKET FLAP PHOTO FOR PLOT SUMMARY. SARAH WATERS HAS WON THE BETTY TRASK AWARD, THE SOMERSET MAUGHAN AWARD, THE CWA ELLIS PETERS  DAGGER AWARD. SHE HAS BEEN SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE & THE ORANGE PRIZE. SHE WAS THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR IN 2000. ONE OF BRITAIN'S TOP LITERARY TALENTS OF THE 21st CENTURY. THIS NOVEL WAS ADAPTED FOR TV.

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