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The Virgin Cure
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#1 international bestselling author Ami McKay comes The Virgin Cure, the story of a young girl abandoned and forced to fend for herself in the poverty and treachery of post-Civil War New York City.McKay, whose debut novel The Birth House made headlines around the world, returns with a resonant tale inspired by her own great-great-grandmother' s experiences as a pioneer of women' s medicine in nineteenth-century New York.In a powerful novel that recalls the evocative fiction Anita Shreve, Annie Proulx, and Joanne Harris, Ami McKay brings to light the story of early, forward-thinking social warriors, creating a narrative that readers will find inspiring, poignant, adventure-filled, and utterly unforgettable.

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Street Date:
05/22/2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781464043123
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Ami McKay. (2012). The Virgin Cure. Unabridged HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books.

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Ami McKay. 2012. The Virgin Cure. HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books.

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Ami McKay, The Virgin Cure. HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books, 2012.

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Ami McKay. The Virgin Cure. Unabridged HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books, 2012.

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        McKay���s harsh yet hopeful second novel (after The Birth House) explores how women���s lives were shaped by their socioeconomic status in the bleak tenements of 1870s lower Manhattan. Moth is 12 years old and living with her mother, a ���slum-house mystic��� who loots fire-gutted properties. Struggling to make ends meet, Moth���s mother sells her daughter to Mrs. Wentworth as a maid, a situation in which Moth is regularly abused by her perverse guardian. Aided by a kind butler, Moth escapes to Miss Everett, who trains girls in social etiquette only to auction off their virginity. Miss Everett considers herself a cut above her competitors, as she does not sell her charges as ���Virgin Cures,��� whose efficacy hinges on the superstition that a man can be healed of disease if he sleeps with a virgo intacta. Moth soon becomes friends with Dr. Sadie (based on the author���s great-great grandmother), a female physician who entreats Moth to avoid life in a brothel, suggesting instead that she seek out adoption by a good family. Surrounded by women who fight to survive in vastly different ways, Moth must assess her desire to escape poverty in light of its daunting potential costs. Agent: Helen Heller.

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