About the Book : Devotion
'With an extraordinarily daring twist halfway through, Devotion is a remarkable
novel, an almost visionary celebration of the death-defying power of the womens
love The Sunday Times
'Exquisite . . . its taken root in my heart Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of
The Mercies
1836, Prussia. Hanne is nearly fifteen and the domestic world of womanhood is
quickly closing in on her. A child of nature, she yearns instead for the rush of
the river, the wind dancing around her. Hanne finds little comfort in the local
girls and friendship doesnt come easily, until she meets Thea and she finds in
her a