The virgin cure
Record details
- ISBN: 9780676979565 (bound) :
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Physical Description:
356 p. : 22cm.
print - Publisher: Toronto, ON : Knopf Canada, 2010.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Oct 11 Also available in electronic format. |
Target Audience Note: | All Ages. |
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Subject: | New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction Beggars Betrayal House-thieves Prostitutes Cruelty Sexual predator Prostitution -- Fiction Prostitutes -- Fiction Female physician -- Fiction Secrets -- Fiction |
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Creston Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Creston Public Library | FIC MCK (Text) | 35140000936404 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
"The Virgin Cure begins in the tenements of lower Manhattan in the year 1871. A series of betrayals lead Moth, at only twelve years old, to the wild, murky world of the Bowery, where eventually she meets Miss Everett, the owner of a brothel simply known as "The Infant School." Miss Everett caters to gentlemen who pay dearly for companions who are "willing and clean," and the most desirable of them all are young virgins like Moth. While Moth's housemates risk falling prey to the myth of the "virgin cure"--the belief that deflowering a girl can heal the incurable and tainted--her new friend Dr. Sadie warns Moth to question and observe the world around her so she won't share the same fate. Still, Moth dreams of answering to no one but herself. There's a high price for such independence, though, and no one knows that better than a girl from Chrystie Street."