Mad Miss Mimic
Title
:
Mad Miss Mimic
Personal Author EPSB
:
Sarah, Henstra
Summary
:
London, 1872. Seventeen-year-old heiress Leonora Somerville is preparing to be presented to society -- again. She's strikingly beautiful and going to be very rich, but Leo has a problem money can't solve. A curious speech disorder causes her to stutter but also allows her to imitate other people's voices flawlessly. Servants and ladies alike call her "Mad Miss Mimic" behind her back...and watch as Leo unintentionally scares off one potential husband after another.
Year Published
:
2015
Physical Description
:
259 pages ; 22 cm.
Awards
:
2016 Young Adult Book Award CLA Canadian Library Association shortlist
Subject
:
Heiresses -- Fiction.
Stutterers -- Fiction.
Young women -- England -- London -- Fiction.
Upper class -- England -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Stuttering -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Historical fiction.
Canadian fiction.
Summary
:
London, 1872. Seventeen-year-old heiress Leonora Somerville is preparing to be presented to society -- again. She's strikingly beautiful and going to be very rich, but Leo has a problem money can't solve. A curious speech disorder causes her to stutter but also allows her to imitate other people's voices flawlessly. Servants and ladies alike call her "Mad Miss Mimic" behind her back...and watch as Leo unintentionally scares off one potential husband after another.
ISBN
:
9780143187080
9780143192367
Publisher
:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Razorbill, 2015.
©2015
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| D.S. MacKenzie | F HEN | Book | 30522000352739 | Historical Fiction |