At Bampfield, a repressive English girls’ boarding school in the late 1920s, sixteen-year-old Rachel finds refuge from the strict regime and formidable headmistress in a secret garden, and friendship with a rebellious girl named Margaret. When Margaret, inspired by The Well of Loneliness, commits a forbidden act, Rachel is drawn into the turmoil. Facing her friend’s persecution and her own awakening sensuality, Rachel is forced into an impossible choice.
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| Title: The Chinese Garden |
| Author: Rosemary Manning |
| ISBN: 9781560000000 |
| Subtitle: A Novel |
| Genre: Coming of Age; Fiction; Vintage |
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| Publisher: Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press) |
| Language: English |
| Format: Digital/E-Book |
| Pages: 208 |
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| Notes: First published 1962. The Feminist Press edition (ISBN 9781558612167) has an afterword by Patricia Juliana Smith. Named one of the Guardian’s top 10 lesbian books. Setting: an English girls’ boarding school, late 1920s. |
| Book_ID: 119012 |