The Poison That Fascinates
/ Jennifer Clement
- Edinburgh : Canongate Books Ltd. , 2008.
- 231p. ; 19 cm.
Abandoned by her mother as a baby, Emily now lives with her father in Mexico City. She works in the local Catholic orphanage. Life is simple. But when an enigmatic cousin, Santi, appears on the doorstep, he brings family secrets, and Emily quickly finds that desire and temptation have overturned her straightforward life forever.