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Charity and Sylvia

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Sylvie’s life changes when she least expects it after meeting Charity, as their love blossoms against all odds in this moving true story of a lesbian couple forging a life together in 19th-century America.

"Intensively researched and beautifully rendered... Walden used nearby resources to visualize the true story of seamstresses who shared a home for decades."–The New York Times

An openly lesbian couple survives and thrives in 19th century Vermont–a true story, as told by Tillie Walden

The month is February in the year 1807. The place is Weybridge, Vermont: small, cold, lonely, and beautiful. Sylvia Drake is exhausted. As an unwed woman with few prospects, she is residing with and caring for he...