The Lover by Marguerite Duras books Anne Brontë wrote Agnes Grey

Anne Brontë wrote Agnes Grey in an effort to represent the many 19th Century women who worked as governesses and suffered daily abuse as a result of their position

These three women become best friends when they are young and struggling in New York City and then climb to the top of the entertainment industry -- only to find that there is no place left to go but down -- into the Valley of the Dolls

violent sensuality

Shoulder to Shoulder: 14"[some room in puff sleeve]

cause pestilence

The Lover by Marguerite Duras books Anne Brontë wrote Agnes GreySet against the backdrop of French colonial Vietnam, The Lover reveals the intimacies and intricacies of a clandestine romance between a pubescent girl from a financially strapped French family and an older, wealthy Chinese Vietnamese man.