Ebook {Epub PDF} Affinity by Sarah Waters

Affinity () is English writer Sarah Waters’s second historical fiction novel. Like many of Waters’s other works, it explores the interior lives of and romantic relationships between women during the Victorian era in England. Affinity won several awards following its publication, including the Somerset Maugham Award and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, both in Affinity. By Sarah Waters. Affinity is a story of an upper class unmarried midwife in Margaret Prior, who is trying to recover from her tragic suicide attempt and the death of her beloved father.  · AFFINITY. by Sarah Waters ‧RELEASE DATE: June 5, This ambitious second novel, a richly detailed exploration of the mysterious ‘affinity’ that appears to unite two lonely women, boldly extends the range of the British writer (Tipping the Velvet, ). The dominant “world” is London's Millbank Women's Prison, to which highborn Margaret Prior comes in , as a “Lady Visitor” .

Affinity is on my Masters reading list, and I decided to get the audiobook and save myself some time trying to fit the reading into my day - really worth it. MacMahon has a real knack for finding each character's voice, and really brings Waters's words to life - going to have to take some time to process that ending though! Affinity is a creeping, simmering, repressed, atmospheric story. It drew me in, and despite myself I found myself completely sucked into Margaret and Selina's relationship, completely absorbed and convinced by the spiritualist element. The plot itself is a slow winding tale, and I loved the way it developed. Sarah Waters is a genius at. Affinity also has a film adaptation that can be found here on Youtube. I have watched the film and think is great.

Affinity () is English writer Sarah Waters’s second historical fiction novel. Like many of Waters’s other works, it explores the interior lives of and romantic relationships between women during the Victorian era in England. Affinity won several awards following its publication, including the Somerset Maugham Award and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, both in AFFINITY. by Sarah Waters ‧RELEASE DATE: June 5, This ambitious second novel, a richly detailed exploration of the mysterious ‘affinity’ that appears to unite two lonely women, boldly extends the range of the British writer (Tipping the Velvet, ). The dominant “world” is London's Millbank Women's Prison, to which highborn Margaret Prior comes in , as a “Lady Visitor” offering solace and companionship to Millbank's wretched inhabitants. Affinity. By Sarah Waters. Affinity is a story of an upper class unmarried midwife in Margaret Prior, who is trying to recover from her tragic suicide attempt and the death of her beloved father.