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The Virgin Cure

A Novel

The Virgin Cure( )
Author: McKay, Ami
ISBN:978-0-06-114034-1
Publication Date:Jul 2013
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:Harper Perennial
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $15.99
Book 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...
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Book Details
Pages:352
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Historical / General
Fiction / City Life
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.31 x 8 x 0.79 Inches
Book Weight:0.685 Pounds
Author Biography
McKay, Ami (Author)
Ami McKay was born in Indiana in 1968. She is a playwright, novelist and journalist. She started her writing career as a freelancer for CBC Radio. Her work has aired on 'This Morning' and 'The Sunday Edition'. Her documentary, Daughter of Family G won an Excellence in Journalism Medallion at the 2003 Atlantic Journalism Awards.Her first title, The Birth House, made the Number One Spot on Canadian best sellers list. In 2012 she won the Atlantic Independent Booksellers' Association "Bookseller's Choice of the Year" award for her title, The Virgin Cure.

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