Every journey begins with displacement, and Mary Whitcombe’s is absolute — orphaned before she understands what she’s lost, shuttled from one world to another, asked to be grateful for walls that are merely different kinds of cages.
Mary’s journey through 19th-century society is an expedition through hostile territory. Every place she lands comes with its own rules, its own dangers, its own possibilities for betrayal. The young gardener she loves is one of the few warm ports she finds along the way.
By the time the stakes turn deadly, you’ve been with Mary long enough to feel every obstacle personally. That’s the mark of a guide who actually knows the terrain.
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