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The Saturday Girl

(1996)
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Historical RomanceLarge Print EditionLife in the thirties is tough. There arent enough jobs to go around and its hard to make ends meet. Libbys a cut above most of her peers in Marthwaite, a down-and-out mill town. Her thirst for knowledge has brought her to the attention of Miss Carruther, a wealthy invalid who is looking for a Girl Saturday. Miss Carruther, a renowned anthropologist, decides to rescue Libby from a dismal future by sending her first to college then to a research post in the South-West Pacific. Its paradise until the things Libby treasures most are thrust into jeopardy . . .


Genre: Literary Fiction

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