The Virgin Cure - (P.S.) by Ami McKay (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Following in the footsteps of her powerful debut, "The Virgin Cure" secures McKay's place as one of our most beguiling storytellers with a novel set in the tenements of lower Manhattan in the year 1871.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>From #1 international bestselling author Ami McKay comes <em>The Virgin Cure, </em>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.</p><p>McKay, whose debut novel <em>The Birth House</em> 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.</p><p>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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>One summer night in Lower Manhattan in 1871, twelve-year-old Moth is pulled from her bed and sold as a servant to a finely dressed woman. Knowing that her mother is so close while she is locked away in servitude, Moth bides her time until she can escape, only to find her old home deserted and her mother gone without a trace. Moth must struggle to survive alone in the murky world of the Bowery, a wild and lawless enclave filled with thieves, beggars, sideshow freaks, and prostitutes.</p><p>She eventually meets Miss Everett, the proprietress of an "Infant School," a brothel that caters to gentlemen who pay dearly for "willing and clean" companions--desirable young virgins like Moth. She also finds friendship with Dr. Sadie, a female physician struggling against the powerful forces of injustice. The doctor hopes to protect Moth from falling prey to a terrible myth known as the "virgin cure"--the tragic belief that deflowering a "fresh maid" can cleanse the blood and heal men afflicted with syphilis--which has destroyed the lives of other Bowery girls.</p><p>Ignored by society and unprotected by the law, Moth dreams of independence. But there's a high price to pay for freedom, and no one knows that better than a girl from Chrystie Street.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"McKay captures the era's atmosphere in such crisply rendered details. . . . Thought provoking and beautifully rendered."--<em>Booklist</em><br><br>"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."--Lisa Ko, author of <em>The Leavers</em><br>
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