Poor Alice, her life is no wonderland. Her father is a cruel and abusive man and after her mother's death Alice becomes a full time servant for her father and his live in strumpet, Rosa. Her father so despises her that he sends her off to be the companion of his former assistant's mother in the hopes that he never has to see her again. After a distressing episode Alice learns she has a special talent and when she has to return to her father's home he learns of it too and decides to exploit it to a disastrous end.
This was my first time reading Barbara Comyns and what a good introduction it was.
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