Description
From #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.
Author: Ami McKay
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 07/02/2013
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.38w x 0.85d
ISBN13: 9780061140341
ISBN10: 0061140341
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Coming of Age