title: The Nature of Monsters
author:  Clare Clark 
description: Starred Review. British author Clark's second novel, a moving historical set in early 18th-century London, surpasses her acclaimed debut, <I>The Great Stink</I> (2005). When teenager Eliza Tally gets pregnant, her mother sells her into servitude to an apothecary, Grayson Black. Eliza struggles to survive in a bizarre household, unaware that her new master is interested in the effects of various emotions on her unborn child. Isolated save for a kindly, slow-witted fellow servant, Mary, Eliza develops an unlikely relationship with a French bookseller, Mr. Honfleur, who supplies Black with the scientific treatises he uses to inform his sadistic researches. Eliza hopes Honfleur will provide her with the means for escape. Unlike <I>The Great Stink</I>, this suspenseful tale contains no whodunit element, but as in her previous book, Clark's empathetic portrait of the powerless and the victimized will remind many readers of Dickens. <I>Author tour. (May)</I> <BR>Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  MONSTER INSIDE ME  
  VOLUME II  
    
  FAYE BYRD
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  Edited by Christine V.
  
  
  Cover Image from @Lukatme1 - Deposit Photos
  
  
  Special thanks to all the following women who took some part in making this
  story become what it is:  
  Ceara Therrien, Cheryl Edmonds, Fran Walsh, Ankita Kaul, Mana Liz, and last
  but certainly not least, Cecilia Rene
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright 2020 © Faye Byrd
  
  
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