The Story of My Face

Kathy Page

From Shelf: The 2002 Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist

A neglected teenage girl connects with an older sectarian woman who reveals a secret that precipitates a devastating series of events.

Natalie Baron is a neglected teenager adrift in the world when she attaches herself to Barbara Hern and her family, followers of Envallism, an extreme Protestant sect. Their new relationship fulfills unmet needs for both women-and leads to a devastating series of events that forever changes the course of their lives. Years later, Natalie, now a well-respected academic, travels to Finland in an attempt to understand the origins of Envallism as well as her own past. The Story of My Face is both a gripping psychological thriller and the archaeology of an accident which shaped a life.

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