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scholarly and immensely readable portrait
'Pigs are Valentina's safe place
endure the revelation of family secrets
an invitation to her for a secret midnight meeting slips out
monstrous Kilandrar
Precious Bane - Mary Webb Genre:Historical fiction scholarly and immensely readable portraitBrighter and better than Thomas Hardy . . . a marvellous writer' Eloise Millar, GuardianPrudence Sarn was born with a cleft palate, her 'precious bane', for which she is persecuted as a witch by her superstitious neighbours. Hiding from daily ridicule, she takes refuge in the wild Shropshire countryside, developing a profound love of nature. Furtively, Prue longs to be loved and harbours a hopeless passion for Kester Woodseaves, the weaver. Prue's