Fingersmith

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Call Number: BOCD Fiction
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	BOCD Fiction	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Clipper Audio.
"With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container.
Compact discs.
Narrated by Juanita McMahon.
Orphaned as an infant, Susan Trinder was raised by Mrs. Sucksby, 'mother' to a host of pickpockets and con artists. To pay her debt, she joins legendary thief Gentleman in swindling an innocent woman out of her inheritence.

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Lesbian Romance submitted by Jen Chapin-Smith on July 23, 2013, 3:03pm "Fingersmith" tells the story of orphaned Susan, who helps her foster mother with various criminal pursuits in the eternal struggle to survive in Victorian London. When a man Susan and her foster mother call "Gentleman" (because they assume he's from an upper-class family) posits a plan to trick a wealthy woman into giving her money to Susan's den of thieves, the young woman agrees.

The story takes some very unexpected twists but also has some very sad and scary parts. The scenes in the insane asylum are particularly disturbing, all the more so because they are based on the author's research and so are an accurate depiction.

"Fingersmith" is a lesbian romance, so it does have some "R" rated scenes. It also has some very disturbing depictions of a child being forced to read aloud pornographic materials.

If you like the novel, watch the movie of the same name. Also check out author Sarah Waters' other novels.