A Drowned Maiden's Hair

The full title of this book is actually "A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama." The subtitle led me to expect that this wouldn't be a very serious read -- that, indeed, it was a book that didn't even take itself seriously. Despite billing itself rather lightly, this book manages to tackle some big qu......more

How far would you go, to be loved? In spite of the name and cover art, this isn’t historical fantasy; it’s really a straight historical fiction with a little mystery thrown in. In fact, it reminded me a bit of A Series of Unfortunate Events. Maud is an orphan, “plain, clever and bad” at the Barbary As......more

An Edwardian orphan of Irish ancestry, plus two old ladies who pretend to be mediums and a third who actually did dream about the dead, plus a deaf servant and a very sad lady whose daughter drowned. It's quite well-written, and I think one of the false mediums is a sociopath. Content: PG......more

A historical children's book set in the 19th-century with just a bit of stuff not mundane. It opens on Maud being punished by being locked in the lavatory of the orphanage. She is singing defiantly, and the voice of a strange woman asks after her. She is let out by a Miss Hyacinth Hawthorne, and brou......more

I am glad I picked this book up. Going to try some of the other titles by this author. Loved the opening scene with Maud belting out the Battle Hymn while enduring a timeout in the orphanage outhouse. With her spirited outlook on life, interesting things are bound to happen and a strong character is......more