Stinging Nettles

Stinging Nettles by Marjorie Bowen is about Lucie and her inward-facing reflections about her wealth and the meaning of her life. Excerpt: "LUCIE sat in the depths of the big pale-green brocade couch that filled one corner of the dressing-room, and watched the other two women changing their clothes. She shared their depression and felt alien and even uneasy amid the cold mechanical splendours of the great hotel; they were none of them used to this atmosphere of luxury and extravagance..."