Passion's Legacy

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Summary: Victorian romance
Review: This story is set right at the beginning of the Victorian era in England and concerns a group of women who are trying to lead unconventional lives in a period that only allows a woman a very conventional role. It opens with Sarah discovering, after twenty-two years of thinking rather highly of herself, that she is the illegitimate daughter of her uncle's dead sister. Suddenly, her prospects in this society are very different and it causes her to flee her uncle's home to find someplace where she can figure out what to do about this. Along the way, she is rescued at a tavern by Lady Augusta Pym and invited to visit with her on her estate. Sarah quickly develops an attraction for Augusta which she doesn't immediately understand, but which becomes clearer as she learns more about Augusta, the life she has led and her unusual group of friends. If you like Jane Austen's books, this is rather like a lesbian coming of age story set in one of her backgrounds. It's pleasant and quick reading.