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As they approach their nineteenth birthdays, things look bleak for stepsisters Effie and Mattie. Years of misfortune have left the estate in disarray, their dowries small and their prospects even smaller.

Determined to save the girls from spinsterhood, Effie's stepmother hires a new governess to instruct them in more unconventional methods of attracting a husband. As the stepsisters enthusiastically pursue their further education–with its surprisingly physical lessons and copious amounts of homework–they discover that their new governess has a special secret, one that not only makes her uniquely qualified to lecture on how to please man, but also provides ample opportunities for practice...

As the lessons continue, the stepsisters also begin to undergo changes–hard, throbbing changes–that will expand their horizons and bring them ever closer together. But as they become increasing adept and the time to turn theory into practice approaches, the stepsisters also discover that what they really want from life might always have been right under their noses.