I am really interested to know what everyone thought of Mr. Wroe's Virgins. You always pick such interesting books for us to read Clare. I admit that when I read the description of the book I didn't really fancy it and when I started to read it I thought I wasn't going to like it. But I carried on because I know that I always have a negative feeling towards books with religious themes. I quite quickly got into all the different characters and found the whole story fascinating, especially when I found out later that it was all based on fact. I was surprised how late the book was set. I must have missed at the beginning and thought it was more in the 16 or 17 hundreds until I saw a few more clues. So interesting to read how oppressed the women were at that time. I hated the hunchback, he was so manipulating and I wished he had been punished more for what he did. Anyway, thanks for picking such a good book Clare, I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Shell.