Pointed Roofs

This first volume from Richardson's 13-volume 'Pilgrimage' introduces us to Miriam. Told mostly through Miriam's inner monologue and subjective observations, we follow her transition from daughter in England to governess at a girl's school in Germany. Self-conscious and unsure, Miriam's emotions ebb and flow from moment to moment, at times in the present, others spent briefly in the past, we "know" her only as well as she tries to know herself. An interesting expedition into the thoughts and feelings of a young woman beginning her adult life.