A dark,
brilliantly written
novel of
a
beautiful woman's
sexual tonnent
Set in rural
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New Hampshire,
JUDITH
DUCHESNE
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.
possesses the
..••..•..•..••....••••• \ emotional sweep of
historical romance
and the flavor of folk
legend. A brooding
New England Gothic
reminiscent of Daphne
DuMaurier and Shirley
Jackson, by a writer whose
language is "rich,
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heavily brocaded,
tumultuous, and
torrential."
A NOVEL BY
Lynda Sargent
$8.95; now at your bookstore
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