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Reviewed on April 1, 2025 | Adult Books 4 Teens
Marigold Manners, a Gilded Age Boston socialite, considers herself a "New Woman" and plans to be an archeologist, but her plan is derailed by the death of her parents, leaving her destitute. Marigold accepts the charity of family when invited to join her Hatchet cousins on Great Misery Island. The correspondence from her cousin Sophronia tells of a "great and godless wrong" done to Marigold's mother. Great Misery Island and her cousins are not what she expected, but Marigold loves to man...Log In or Sign Up to Read More