Sacred Country: A NovelAt the age of six, Mary Ward, the child of a poor farming family in Suffolk, has a revelation: she isn't Mary, she's a boy. So begins Mary's heroic struggle to change gender, while around her the others also strive to find a place of safety and fulfillment in a savage and confusing world. |
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Chapter One 1952 | 3 |
The TwoMinute Silence The Beautiful Baby | 23 |
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