Nettleblack by nat reeve6/23/2023 'A joy to be invited into the raucous, charming, conniving world of Nettleblack. Is the world she's lost in also a place she can find herself? Told through journal entries and letters, Nettleblack is a subversive and playful ride through the perils and joys of finding your place in the world, challenging myths about queerness - particularly transness - as a modern phenomenon, while exploring the practicalities of articulating queer perspectives when you're struggling for words. When the net starts to close around Henry, and sinister forces threaten to expose her as the missing Nettleblack sister, the new people in her life seem to offer her a way out, and a way forward. Sent out to investigate a string of crimes, she soon realises that she is living in a small rural town with surprisingly big problems. Ambushed, robbed, and then saved by a mysterious organisation - part detective agency, part neighbourhood watch - a desperate Henry disguises herself and enlists. But leaving the safety of her wealthy life isn't as simple as she thought. Henry Nettleblack has to act fast or she'll be married off by her elder sister. A neo-Victorian queer farce that follows a runaway heir/ess and an organisation of crime-fighting misfits as they struggle with the misdeeds besieging a rural English town."To be blunt: I must escape." 1893.
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