Alice Jolly: Mary Ann Sate, Imbecile [2018] hardback WWII It was shortlisted for the

It was shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize

they manifestly shared the same objective

to whisk him away on a journey 'there and back again'

she was variously a compulsive gambler

He would have six children and keep his homosexuality hidden

Alice Jolly: Mary Ann Sate, Imbecile [2018] hardback WWII It was shortlisted for the`I would place it among the classics of this century and the last' Sally Bayley, author of Girl With Dove If you tell a story oft enough So it become true As the nineteenth century draws towards a close, Mary Ann Sate, an elderly maidservant, sets out to write her truth. She writes of the Valleys that she loves, of the poisonous rivalry between her employer's two sons and of a terrible choice which tore her world apart. Her haunting and poignant story