Jacqueline — Volume 3

At eighteen, Jacqueline means to earn her own living and answer to no one. She expects her stepmother to resist; instead, Madame de Nailles quietly lets her go.

In Paris, Jacqueline takes refuge in a convent after grief and disillusionment, determined to turn her education and talents into independence. She dreams of making her way like a man, beyond the marriage bargains and social expectations that hem in women of her birth. But convent life proves less free than she imagined—and a sad, pretty stranger at the next place setting awakens her curiosity. When Jacqueline tries to make a friend, the nun who rules the table notices; soon the Mother Superior sends for her. What trouble has Jacqueline’s small gesture stirred?

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