The Virgin Cure: A Novel - Rilegato

McKay, Ami

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ISBN 10: 0061140325 ISBN 13: 9780061140327

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 2012

Riassunto

In 1871, Moth, a 12-year-old girl sold into servitude by her mother, struggles to survive in the Bowery until she finds a friend in Dr. Sadie, a female physician who, teaching her to question and observe the world around her, vows to protect her from falling victim to the "virgin cure. " 25,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“McKay captures the era’s atmosphere in such crisply rendered details. . . . Thought provoking and beautifully rendered.” (Booklist)

“So well researched is this novel, so deep does it take readers into the dark and desperate life of Lower Manhattan that it is easy to believe it was written 150 years ago as a treatise decrying the fate that awaited so many impoverished young girls.” (Associated Press)

L'autore:

Ami McKay is the author of the number–one Canadian bestseller The Birth House, winner of three Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Awards, and a nominee for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and The Virgin Cure. Originally from Indiana, she now lives with her husband and two sons in Nova Scotia.

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• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0061140325
• ISBN 13: 9780061140327
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 319