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The virgin cure / Ami McKay.

By: Publication details: Toronto : Knopf Canada, c2011.Description: 356 p. : ill., mapISBN:
  • 0676979564
  • 9780676979565
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • FIC
Summary: In 19th century New York, a destitute women sends her 12-year-old daughter, Moth, to become a live-in servant of a wealthy woman. To escape her employer's cruelty, Moth flees to the streets and finds herself in the Bowery, a place filled with thieves, beggars and pickpockets. Her only escape from this desperate situation may be to find shelter in a nearby brothel.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Fiction Hanover Public Library Shelves FIC MCKA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906000816901

In 19th century New York, a destitute women sends her 12-year-old daughter, Moth, to become a live-in servant of a wealthy woman. To escape her employer's cruelty, Moth flees to the streets and finds herself in the Bowery, a place filled with thieves, beggars and pickpockets. Her only escape from this desperate situation may be to find shelter in a nearby brothel.

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