# Confinement

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- Authors: [Katharine McMahon](https://www.bookquiver.com/katharine-mcmahon)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2009-06-11

## Description

Two women, a hundred years apart - and the decisions which link them... 'A superbly crafted novel about duty, compromise and inspiration' Sunday Times 1849: Bess Hardemon arrives at the grimly Dickensian Priors Heath school, little knowing that she will one day end up as an inspiring and legendary headmistress - but at considerable personal cost. 1970: Sarah Beckett is delighted to gain a place at Priors Heath - as much for the pride of her parents as for herself - but will she fit in? 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.

## Editions

### Confinement

- Publisher: W N
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-02-9785-808-9
- Published: 2010-01-21
- Language: en_GB

### Confinement

- Publisher: W N
- ISBN: 978-07-5382-545-7
- Published: 2009-06-11
- Language: en_GB