My Notorious Life

A brilliant rendering of a scandalous historical figure, Kate Manning s My Notorious Life is an ambitious, thrilling novel introducing Axie Muldoon, a fiery heroine for the ages Axie s story begins on the streets of 1860s New York The impoverished child of Irish immigrants, she grows up to become one of the wealthiest and most controversial women of her day.In vivid prose, Axie recounts how she is forcibly separated from her mother and siblings, apprenticed to a doctor, and how she and her husband parlay the sale of a few bottles of Lunar Tablets for Female Complaint into a thriving midwifery business Flouting convention and defying the law in the name of women s reproductive rights, Axie rises from grim tenement rooms to the splendor of a mansion on Fifth Avenue, amassing wealth while learning over and over never to trust a man who says trust me When her services attract outraged headlines, Axie finds herself on a collision course with a crusading official, Anthony Comstock, founder of the Society for the Suppression of Vice It will take all of Axie s cunning and power to outwit him in the fight to preserve her freedom and everything she holds dear.Inspired by the true history of an infamous female physician who was once called the Wickedest Woman in New York, My Notorious Life is a mystery, a family saga, a love story, and an exquisitely detailed portrait of nineteenth century America Axie Muldoon s inimitable voice brings the past alive, and her story haunts and enlightens the present. New Download [ My Notorious Life ] author [ Kate Manning ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Axie Muldoon A stubborn, brazen and relentless Irish orphan who became a notorious midwife in the 1860 s in New York A highly likeable character with her numerous flaws This is her story and how she rose from poverty and became a medical practitioner in a day and age where it was frowned upon for taking an interest in anything outside of being a wife and mother From her early days of being a housemaid, she learned the skill of assisting women during their confinement along with other female Axie Muldoon A stubborn, brazen and relentless Irish orphan who became a notorious midwife in the 1860 s in New York A highly likeable character with her numerous flaws This is her story and how she rose from poverty and became a medical practitioner in a day and age where it was frowned upon for taking an interest in anything outside of being a wife and mother From her early days of being a housemaid, she learned the skill of assisting women during their confinement along with other female issues including being an abortionist to those women whom were victimized or whom would be if they carried their babies to term This was her fight ag...There s the hook right at the beginning and I didn t want to stop reading Then there are the three hungry children on the streets of New York in the mid 1860 s Before you know it they are on the Orphan Train for Illinois, though not yet orphans.Several months later, twelve year old Axie Muldoon is back on the train to New York City, where she really becomes an orphan Sad and alone, little Axie Muldoon will steal your heart as she dreams of reuniting with her brother and sister She will ca There s the hook right at the beginning and I didn t want to stop reading Then there are the three hungry chil...My View How to begin this book is extraordinary and exquisite and I loved every word on every page This book has much to offer it is a historical feminist work of fiction based partly on the life and death of Ann Trow Lohman 1811 79 also known as Madame Restell who practiced midwifery in New York for almost forty year Author s note It is a love story, it is a story of overcoming adversity where the heroine actually wins, and it is a story of courage, devotion,...Historical Fiction is my favorite genre and I love reading books set in the 1800s I was excited to read this story based on the life of Ann Trow Lohman, known as Madame Restell who practiced as a female physician in New York City for forty years The author thoughtfully illustrates the way women s lives were bound by their fertility before birth control was legal She gives the protagonist, Axie Annie Muldoon personal experiences that guide her path in life to becoming a midwife and healer to w His...Written in somewhat of a melodramatic fashion and yes sometimes I felt a little too dramatic yet it was impossible for me to not get caught up in Axie s story For one thing I just love this character s name, Axie Muldoon, just resonated for me for some reason That this book is loosely built on the real life person of a female medical doctor once considered the Wickedest Women in New York, is a plus because it makes the story so muchgenuine This book contains so much history, and I feel Written in somewhat of a melodramatic fashion and yes sometimes I felt a little too dramatic yet it was impossible for me to not get caught up in Axie s story For one thing I just love this character s name, Axie Muldoon, just resonated for me for some reason That this book is loosely built on the real life person of a female medical doctor once considered the Wickedest Women in New York, is a plus because it makes the story so muchgenuine This book contains so much history, and I feel that the author s writing was the strongest in her descriptions of the streets of New York,...If you read one book this year, make it this one Women s reproductive rights Immigration and the Orphan Train Characters you won t forget Well written Well researched And a darn good yarn.new York City was the roofless and only domicile of thirty five thousand children in our hideous number we scraps was cast outdoors or lost by our parents, we was orphans and half orphans and runaways, the miserable offspring of irish and germans, italians and Russians, servants and slaves, Magdalenes and miscreants, all the unwashed poor huddled slubs who landed yearning and unlucky on the Battery with nothing to own but our muscles and teeth, the hunger of our bellies.3.5 stars This was an e new York City was the roofless and only domicile of thirty five thousand children in our hideous number we scraps was cast outdoors or lost by our parents, we was orphans and half orphans and runaways, the miserable offspring of irish and germans, italians and Russians, servants and slaves, Magdalenes and miscreants, all the unwashed poor huddled slubs who landed yearning and unlucky on the Battery with nothing to own but our muscles and teeth, the hunger of our bellies.3.5 stars This was an easy rea...My Notorious Life By Madame X by Kate Manning is my favorite book of the year so far Based loosely on the story of a midwife who lived in the late 1800 s it demonstrates some of the issues faced by women at the time and some of societies opinions on Women s business The book starts off by introducing Axie Muldoon, the main character and her siblings, while they are out scavenging for food they meet a man who offers to help them They accept his offer of food and are happy with his kindness a My Notorious Life By Madame X by Kate Manning is my favorite book of the year so far Based loosely on the story of a midwife who lived in the late 1800 s it demonstrates some of the issues faced by women at the time and some of societies opinions on Women s business The book starts off by introducing Axie Muldoon, the main character and her siblings, while they are out scavenging for food they meet a man who offers to help them They accept his offer of food and are happy with his kindness and generosity, it is only later that Axie will look back on this moment as being a major turning point in her life The children take this man back home to their mother who is severely ill and has lost the use of one arm after an incident at work When the man see s the state of their living conditions he offers to take Mrs Muldoon to the hospital to ...I first became aware of author Kate Manning with her excellent 2002 novel Whitegirl, a fictional alternative story based on O.J Simpson and his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson It has been too long since she has written anything new and I was delighted to see that she has now corrected that with this historical work Again, the story is based on a real person in this case New York midwife Ann Trow Lohman 1811 1879.Using the form of a newly discovered diary, this book tells the life stor I first became aware of author Kate Manning with her excellent 2002 novel Whitegirl, a fictional alternative story based on O.J Simpson and his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson It has been too long since she has written anything new and I was delighted to see that she has now corrected that with this historical work Again, the story is based on a real person in this case New York midwife Ann Trow Lohman 1811 1879.Using the form of a...Well, this was a surprise I won it in a first reads giveaway.I expected this to be about a prostitute in Victorian times and wasthan pleasantly surprised that it s a completely different subject matter That element of surprise is fantastic and it s actually a farinteresting and intriguing read because of the profession that Madame X is involved in This is a real page turner, fairly easy read that doesn t feel at all like a slog Often, books this long can feel a bit of a drag but Well, this was a surprise I won it in a first reads giveaway.I expected this to be about a prostitute in Victorian times and wasthan pleasantly surprised that it s a completely different subject matter That element of surprise is fantastic and it s actually a farinteresting and intriguing read because of the profession that Madame X is involved in This is a real page turner, fairly easy read that doesn t feel at all like a slog Often, books this long can feel a bit of a drag but this is perfectly timed and very, very well written I love diary style boo...

• English
• 06 August 2018
Kate Manning
• ebook
• 448 pages
• 1451698089
• Kate Manning
• My Notorious Life