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Without remorse, Agnes capitalizes on her beauty, rising from housekeeper to hotel owner. Even pregnancy fails to deter her ambition. Along the way, she acquires more property, a husband, several lovers, a subsequent divorce, and the trappings of refinement.
In Agnes, Freed gives us a refreshingly candid portrait. Although not entirely likable, Agnes is ruthlessly honest about the hypocrisy of social norms. The reader eagerly follows her development from young to old woman in this rich creation of both character and period.
"A woman in full possession of her powers is a thrilling sight, and the powerful woman at the center of The Mirror conducts her life on her own unequivocal terms. The results are surprising and erotic, rendered in brisk, mordant prose by a writer with no interest in half measures."
--Amy Hempel
"In prose as precise and alluring as a spray of diamonds, The Mirror traces a remarkable woman's saga. It's a sexy, compelling, highly original retelling of Pygmalion, only in Lynn Freed's extraordinary novel, the narrator is both clay and sculptor, muse and visionary, a true heroine of her own making."
--Jill Ciment, author of Half A Life and The Law of Falling Bodies
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