Bodies of Light

Sarah Moss

Original title: Bodies of light

earliest edition we have, 2014 Granta Books, 2015 320 pages

Bodies of Light is a deeply poignant tale of a psychologically tumultuous nineteenth century upbringing set in the atmospheric world of Pre-Raphaelitism and the early suffrage movement. Ally (older sister of May in Night Waking), is intelligent, studious and engaged in an eternal - and losing - battle to gain her mother's approval and affection. Her mother, Elizabeth, is a religious zealot, keener on feeding the poor...

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Bodies of Light edition · 2021 · Granta Books · 320 pages · 9781783787678
Bodies of Light edition · 2015 · Granta Books · 320 pages · 9781847089090
Bodies of light edition · 2014 · Granta · 311 pages · 9781847089168

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