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THE LIVES OF DIAMOND BESSIE
By: Jody Hadlock
A Novel
Spark Press
April 2022
On Sale: April 5, 2022
Featuring: Bessie
ISBN: 1684631173
EAN: 9781684631179
Kindle: B09CY4FD7X
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Mystery Historical
Pregnant out of wedlock, sixteen-year-old Annie Moore is sent to live at a convent for fallen women. When the nuns take her baby, Annie escapes, determined to find a way to be reunited with her daughter. But few rights or opportunities are available to a woman in the 1860s, and after failing to find a respectable job, Annie resorts to prostitution in order to survive.
As a highly sought-after demi-mondaine, Annie—now Bessie—garners many expensive gifts from her admirers, and eventually meets and marries the son of a wealthy jeweler. With her marriage, she believes her dream of returning to proper society has finally come true. She’s proven wrong when she suffers the ultimate betrayal at the hands of the man she thought would be her salvation. But Bessie doesn’t let her story end there.
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