![]() At the same time, behind closed doors, they admit their attraction to each other and their affair begins. ![]() Soon after, she becomes Kitty's dresser and the two head for the bright lights of Leicester Square where they begin a glittering career as music-hall stars in an all-singing and dancing double act. Her place is in her father's seaside restaurant, shucking shellfish and stirring soup, singing all the while. ![]() Through a friend at the box office, Nan manages to visit all her shows and finally meet her heroine. Tipping the Velvet Sarah Waters 4.04 67,139 ratings3,555 reviews Want to read Kindle 4.99 Rate this book The heroine of Sarah Waters'saudacious first novel knows her destiny, and seems content with it. Nan King, an oyster girl, is captivated by the music hall phenomenon Kitty Butler, a male impersonator extraordinaire treading the boards in Canterbury. Piercing the shadows of the naked stage was a single shaft of rosy limelight, and in the centre of this was a girl: the most marvellous girl - I knew it at once! - that I had ever seen. 'Waters is an author to cherish' GUARDIAN /rebates/2f97803490084862fTipping-Velvet-Virago-Modern-Classics-03490084852fplp&. ![]() 'Everyone's appetites will be satisfied' ELLE MAGAZINE 'Intelligent, witty and stylish' INDEPEDENT ![]()
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