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The Slow Awakening
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At fourteen, Kirsten is sold to a travelling tinker who rapes and imprisons her until a storm and flood separate them. Rescued while giving birth, she reaches a great house at the moment its mistress is told that her own newborn son has died. Their meeting produces a secret bargain that changes the identity and future of Kirsten’s child.
The arrangement offers immediate survival but builds a life upon concealment, class inequality and maternal loss. As the child grows, the women and households connected by the exchange must confront the consequences of a decision made when each believed she had no acceptable alternative.
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