Carrie Welton
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
Eighteen-year-old Carrie Welton is restless, unhappy, and ill-suited to the conventions of nineteenth-century New England. When she is presented with an opportunity to escape is a socially approved manner, she leaps at the chance. Leaving behind personal horrors and the restraints of “good society”, she moves to New York, where a group of young artists are beginning to transform that city and make a name for themselves. As she struggles to find her own talent and identity, Carrie wanders from adventure to misadventure. Her travels put her in the path of Bohemian painters, poets, singers, social crusaders, opium eaters, Irish gangs, gamblers, and independent feminists who are redefining what being a woman can mean.
Carrie’s demons, however, continue to haunt her, even as she discovers her true calling. In the end, freedom, guilt, forgiveness and death are inextricably bound. But Carrie, being Carrie, sends an astonishing letter from the grave and thus engineers her final escape—forever into your heart.
Customer Reviews
A captivating story
Carrie comes from a rough home life where she feels unloved and unwanted. She breaks free and makes her way to New York. After years away and a small taste of freedom, she finds her way back home. While there she leads a solitary life and after her death she leaves behind a secret that finally sets her free forever.
This book was long and slow reading, but at the same time it was captivating. This book painted a colorful story of this time period and told a very sad tale of a young woman pained by her existence. It really made me feel for her and her many horrors she faced.
Overall this book was written well, told a captivating story, and kept me reading late into the night....Stormi