Confinement: A compelling, powerful story of two women, separated by a hundred years, but linked by the lives they choose

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The plight of a nineteenth century schoolteacher, trapped by her duty to her job, is mirrored by a modern day woman's fight to escape the shackles of a broken marriage.

Bess Hardemon, a tough and canny young teacher is determined to make a difference at her new school. At the cost of her own chance of finding love, Bess remains trapped by her duty, a confinement echoed a century later by Sarah, who must make her own choice between duty and her efforts to save a broken marriage.

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Praise for Confinement

  • A satisfying multi-nuanced treatment of what women want and the sacrifices they make to acheive. - IRISH EXAMINER

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Katharine McMahon

Katharine McMahon

Katharine McMahon is the author of five novels. She has taught in secondary schools, performed in local theatre and worked as a Royal Literary Fund fellow teaching writing skills at the Universities of Hertfordshire and Warwick. She lives in Hertfordshire.

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