![]() ![]() Meanwhile, Dorothea dreams of marrying her handsome policeman, against her father’s wishes. To her this is a special power that she can use to exact revenge on those who have wronged her, stitching something into clothing that transfers to those who wear it. The only gift Ruth has is the ability to do incredibly detailed, delicate needlework. Still she sends Ruth to a good school, where she is bullied relentlessly, attacked, kicked and beaten, one time breaking her corset. ![]() Her once wealthy mother has to deal with a different life after marrying a penniless painter. This Victorian gothic tale, about two very different women whose lives intertwine, narrates the story of seamstress, Ruth, imprisoned for horrific murders, and respectable Dorothea, a prison visitor and phrenologist who, the more she listens to Ruth’s story, starts to question aspects of her own life. ![]()
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