My rating: 5/5
This historical novel was the work of over a decade. Set in the early 1700s and focusing on a young girl who is brought up by smugglers on board ships, disguising herself as a boy, the plot is immediately fascinating. Sherwood masterfully paints each character, so that we truly care, and cleverly weaves essays on female writers of the time into the prose, so that we gradually answer the question of how much of the story is true — and why. An illuminating and intelligent read.
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