This is Moth Renwick’s story, a twelve year trying to survive life in the slums of Manhattan in the 1870’s, who must decide to be, or not to be, a whore. Abandoned by her father, and sold to an abusive mistress by her mother, she escapes her tormented life as a lady’s maid and ends up sleeping on th...
Moth is a young girl living in the slums of lower Manhattan until her own mother sells her as a servant. When she tries to escape and finds her mother gone, few options are left to her. Moth is forced choose between returning to the abusive woman who bought her; returning to her old life; or living ...
It was alright but I definitely didn't enjoy this one as much as [b:The Birth House|171102|The Birth House|Ami McKay|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1172385530s/171102.jpg|2307275].
The Virgin Cure follows the harrowing life of 12-yr-old Moth as she tries to survive mid-1800s New York. This read more as a detached study of a life rather than any personal story.
Despite the title and the premise, this isn't a 'sexy' book, and it's not a historical romance. It's a delightfully real, horrifyingly evocative look at 19th century New York City of the poor -- and one girl's experience with a brothel that specializes in virgins.(I snarfed this book down during a ...
I read Ami McKay's first book, The Birth House a couple of years ago and completely fell in love with her writing. Historical Fiction is a genre I've always enjoyed and when I find an author I love, I stick with them. And after recently finishing a book that was about another young woman being force...
I recently joined a book club with some people at work. This was the first book the majority voted for so I figured I'd give it a go. Especially since I wanted to test drive my new e-reader.This book definitely didn't disappoint. It was the first I had read by this author but since beginning this bo...
I am struggling to get through this novel. It is not that I am not enjoying it, however, I have read so many phenomenal novels lately that this one does not really compare. To be fair I have not finished it yet and my opinion can easily change! I can say that while the excerpts on the side of some ...
I started reading this and realized partway through that it was written by the same author as The Birth House (which I loved). I really liked this book, though it wasn't quite a 5-star book for me. The characters were all well-developed and the plot was interesting...overall a really great read!
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