Mirna Z. (otherworldgirl) reviewed on
Helpful Score: 2
In 1830s England, a self-proclaimed doomsday prophet requests seven virgins "for comfort and succour." The story of his unusual household is told from the perspectives of four of these "virgins": the ambitious Leah; the saintly Joanna; the skeptical Hannah; and the much abused Martha. A gripping, intellectually satisfying, emotionally unspairing story about faith, desire, ideals and betrayal.
