This is a strange, wild and erotic first novel about a butch young Australian lesbian who comes to work as the 'matron' in a weird public school for girls in England, and then starts a relationship with the headmaster's wife.
The school, named after an unnamed dead authoress and geographically isolated, is an intense hothouse as is the narrator - honest about her desires, struggling with self-esteem and never quite managing to do things right!
The headmaster's wife is smart, sassy and sophisticated but also playing the part rather too easily. Then, there's the housemistress a strange survivor in this weird community. The girls with a capital G are just a little too knowing for their own good!
The book is written as a stream of consciousness interrupted by conversation. It's fast moving and visceral, seriously erotic in places if you like that sort of thing and there's an unexpected sting in the tail.
It's a very different read and very entertaining!
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