363 pages
English language
Published Dec. 28, 2005 by McArthur & Co..
363 pages
English language
Published Dec. 28, 2005 by McArthur & Co..
Twenty-one-year-old Harriet Purcell leaves the comfort of her parents' middle-class home to live in a Kings Cross rooming house owned by the inimitable, fortune-telling Mrs. Schwartz. It's not long before Harriet is captivated by Flo, Mrs. Schwartz's beautiful, mute four-year-old daughter and when tragedy strikes, Harriet must ensure Flo's survival.