About this book

The Clam Shell by Mary Lee Settle is a book available to read on EtoBox.

Searching for an escape from mediocrity, the young heroine of The Clam Shell leaves her hometown of Canona, West Virginia, and enters a Southern women's college. She is not destined for the safe path, however; her brutal awakening comes in the form of a violent sexual assault through which she ultimately discovers her own hidden strength. Set in 1936, The Clam Shell continues the mesmerizing story Settle began in The Love Eaters.

Author

Mary Lee Settle

Publisher

New York, Delacorte Press

Published

1972

Language

EN

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Children'S, Humanities