{"product_id":"the-colour-of-milk-paperback-3","title":"The Colour of Milk - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNell Leyshon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Colour of Milk\u003c\/em\u003e is a literary tour de force of power, class, and fate, told in the fierce, urgent voice of the irrepressible Mary, a character as indelible as \u003cem\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/em\u003e's Celie and Margaret Atwood's eponymous Alias Grace.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in England in 1830, \u003cem\u003eThe Colour of Milk\u003c\/em\u003e by Nell Leyshon is an emotionally haunting work of historical fiction -- hailed as \"charming, Bront -esque...and hard to forget\" (Marian Keyes) -- about an illiterate farm girl's emotional and intellectual awakening and its devastating consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary, the spirited youngest daughter of an angry, violent man, is sent to work for the local vicar and his invalid wife. Her strange new surroundings offer unsettling challenges, including the vicar's lecherous son and a manipulative fellow servant. But life in the vicarage also offers unexpected joys, as the curious young girl learns to read and write -- knowledge that will come at a tragic price.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary and her three sisters rise every day to backbreaking farm work that threatens to suppress their own awakening desires, whether it's Violet's pull toward womanhood or Beatrice's affinity for the Scriptures. But it's their father, whose anger is unleashed at the slightest provocation, who stands to deliver the most harm. Only Mary, fierce of tongue and a spitfire since birth, dares to stand up to him. When he sends her to work for the local vicar and his invalid wife in their house on the hill, he deals her the only blow she may not survive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin walking distance of her own family farm, the vicarage is a world away-a curious, unsettling place unlike any she has known. Teeming with the sexuality of the vicar's young son and the manipulations of another servant, it is also a place of books and learning-a source of endless joy. Yet as young Mary soon discovers, such precious knowledge comes with a devastating price as it is made gradually clear once she begins the task of telling her own story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReminiscent of \u003cem\u003eAlias Grace\u003c\/em\u003e in the exploration of the power dynamics between servants and those they serve and \u003cem\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/em\u003e's Celie, \u003cem\u003eThe Colour of Milk\u003c\/em\u003e is a quietly devastating tour de force that reminds us that knowledge can destroy even as it empowers.\u003c\/p\u003e--Penelope Lively, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eFamily Album\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMoon Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary and her three sisters rise every day to backbreaking farm work that threatens to suppress their own awakening desires, whether it's Violet's pull toward womanhood or Beatrice's affinity for the Scriptures. But it's their father, whose anger is unleashed at the slightest provocation, who stands to deliver the most harm. Only Mary, fierce of tongue and a spitfire since birth, dares to stand up to him. When he sends her to work for the local vicar and his invalid wife in their house on the hill, he deals her the only blow she may not survive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin walking distance of her own family farm, the vicarage is a world away-a curious, unsettling place unlike any she has known. Teeming with the sexuality of the vicar's young son and the manipulations of another servant, it is also a place of books and learning-a source of endless joy. Yet as young Mary soon discovers, such precious knowledge comes with a devastating price as it is made gradually clear once she begins the task of telling her own story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReminiscent of \u003cem\u003eAlias Grace\u003c\/em\u003e in the exploration of the power dynamics between servants and those they serve and \u003cem\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/em\u003e's Celie, \u003cem\u003eThe Colour of Milk\u003c\/em\u003e is a quietly devastating tour de force that reminds us that knowledge can destroy even as it empowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 165\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 21, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42025665527888,"sku":"9780062192066","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/NFhTdnIyYjNRS3dMQWdEd09hZ0o2Zz09_3f0222ce-910d-4d95-92ee-6eaa6bb06763.webp?v=1771830616","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-colour-of-milk-paperback-3","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}