The Virgin Cure
From the author of the number one Canadian bestseller The Birth House comes the story of a young girl abandoned to the streets of post Civil War New York City I am Moth, a girl from the lowest part of Chrystie Street, born to a slum house mystic and the man who broke her heart So begins The Virgin Cure, a novel set in the tenements of lower Manhattan in the year 1871 As a young child, Moth s father smiled, tipped his hat and walked away from her forever The summer she turned twelve, her mother sold her as a servant to a wealthy woman, with no intention of ever seeing her again These betrayals lead Moth to the wild, murky world of the Bowery, filled with house thieves, pickpockets, beggars, sideshow freaks and prostitutes, where eventually she meets Miss Everett, the owner of a brothel simply known as The Infant School Miss Everett caters to gentlemen who pay dearly for companions who are willing and clean, and the most desirable of them all are young virgins like Moth Through the friendship of Dr Sadie, a female physician, Moth learns to question and observe the world around her, where her new friends are falling prey to the myth of the virgin cure that deflowering a fresh maid can heal the incurable and tainted She knows the law will not protect her, that polite society ignores her, and still she dreams of answering to no one but herself There s a high price for such independence, though, and no one knows that better than a girl from Chrystie Street. Free Download [ The Virgin Cure ] author [ Ami McKay ] – kino-fada.fr This is a book I will not read I have to tread on thin ice here since my last will not read review was hidden although probably not by the author s request By someone who calls themselves A Hole, I was told So thin ice it is.I read a review of this book that made me think I would enjoy it so I looked up the book page and whoever wrote the synopsis had written the ENTIRE story out A 45 line synopsis of the story indeed A blurb would have sufficed This is a book I will not read I have to tread on thin ice here since my last will not read review was hidden although probably not by the author s request By someone who calls themselves A Hole, I was told So thin ice it is.I read a review of this book that made me think I would enjoy it so I looked up the book page and whoever wrote the synopsis had written the ENTIRE story out A 45 line synopsis of the story indeed A blurb would have sufficed So if I bought the book at 25.99 it isn t available in the US in paperback I would know exactly what I would be getting, from the heroine s unfortunate birth and upbringing through her introduction to and career on the streets through to her expected redemption with difficulties All I would be getting if I paid out is the fleshing out of this sto...The Virgin Cure is packed with interesting bits of history, period advertisements, and lush descriptions of dresses from Harper s Bazaar It s a bit like leafing through a wonderful old scrapbook It also makes me want to go out and buy a corset and gloves Okay, maybe not the corset The descriptions of it are frightening.I m not yet finished reading the novel, but the relationship between the female physician based on McKay s own great grandmother and the young girl, Moth, is compelling an The Virgin Cure is packed with interesting bits of history, period advertisements, and lush descriptions of dresses from Harper s Bazaar It s a bit like leafing through a wonderful old scrapbook It also makes me want to go out and buy a corset and gloves Okay, maybe not the corset The descriptions of...I was looking forward to reading this, the story sounded interesting, granted disturbing but also interesting I like reading novels set in this time period, 1871 Most of what I read during this period takes place in England so I was looking forward to reading about the filth and slums of New York City.Moth is twelve years old, abandoned by her father and sold into servitude by her mother, she becomes a maid to the disturbed and abusive Mrs Wentworth Moth quickly realizes she must find anothe I was looking forward to reading this, the story sounded interesting, granted disturbing but also interesting I like reading novels set in this time period, 1871 Most of what I read during this period takes place in England so I was looking forward to reading about the filth and slums of New York City.Moth is twelve years old, abandoned by her father and sold into servitude by her mother, she becomes a maid to the disturbed and abusive Mrs Wentworth Moth quickly realizes she must find another place where she can make a living.She eventually find...Ami McKay writes with storytelling ease of a young girl named Moth by a legendary pear tree on the crossroads of Pear Tree corner As imaginative as this sounds, and though the novel is filled with a sort of Cirque du Soleil creativity in the trappings of the book s characters from their costumes to their well manufactured displays of propriety the book is anything, but happy It tells of the polarity between decadence and poverty in the streets of New York in 1871, the age of mysterious outb Ami McKay writes with storytelling ease of a young girl named Moth by a legendary pear tree on the crossroads of Pear Tree corner As imaginative as this sounds, and though the novel is filled with a sort of Cirque du Soleil creativity in the trappings of the book s characters from their costumes to their well manufactured displays of propriety the book is anything, but happy It tells of the polarity between decadence and poverty in the streets of New York in 1871, the age of mysterious outbreaks of disease that would come to be known later as typhoid, diphtheria, smallpox, tuberculosis, gonnorrhea, and syphilis It is, in simple terms, a story of survival, of not only the city s poverty and disease, but the ramifications of its poor choices, or lack thereof, which leads or continues the culture s socially accepted, yet somewhat masked moral decline Poor and impoverished families sell their young daughters away into prostitution where they are not only valued for their youth, their potent...A very interesting, enjoyable and informative historical novel set in the mid 1800 s detailing the plight of families struggling to survive the slum houses of lower Manhattan based on actual facts from research of author McKay s Great Great Grandmother s life as a doctor during the era.Moth is a 12 year old girl abandoned by her father and sold by her gypsy fortune teller mother to serve as a ladies maid to the unbalanced and abusive Mrs Wentworth Moth eventually escapes the house and finds he A very interesting, enjoyable and informative historical novel set in the mid 1800 s detailing the plight of families struggling to survive the slum houses of lower Manhattan based on actual facts from research of author McKay s Great Great Grandmother s life as a doctor during the era.Moth is a 12 year old girl abandoned by her father and sol...Where do I begin with this Moth and her fortune telling mother live in poverty among the mean streets of lower Manhattan To buy food and sometimes liquor Moth s mother will sell just about anything of value she has to survive, including Moth 12 year old Moth is brave and street smart, but naive when she is sold to a wealthy, but deranged woman Believing that she will get to live in a grand house, she endures cruelty and torment from the lady of the house Once she escapes she encounters Mae, Where do I begin with this Moth and her fortune telling mother live in poverty among the mean streets of lower Manhattan To buy food and sometimes liquor Moth s mother will sell just about anything of value she has to survive, including Moth 12 year old Moth is brave and street smart, but naive when she is sold to a wealthy, but deranged woman Believing that she will get to live in a grand house, she endures cruelty and torment from the lady of the house Once she escap...What a unique book A story based on a dark time in early American history Young girls were sold taken in and then their virginity was brokered by a Madam for a high fee What happened to these girls next was anyone s guess They turned into prostitutes selling themselves away piece by piece In the later 1800s men carrying Syphilis, often thought that they could be cured by sleeping with an innocent virgin Her innocent blood would cure him, hence the Virgin Cure.Interesting subject matte...Like the large bar of dark chocolate I intended to mete out a piece at a time but instead polished off in two days, I planned to read Ami McKay s new book, The Virgin Cure, slowly Despite my best efforts, I finished it within a week and am left awed and yet still hungry I hope blogging and talking about it with fellow readers bring me the satiety I seek.The Virgin Cure is the D...I m back Didja miss me I read, like, a ton of books since I last posted a review breastfeeding, enough said , so I m going to start to try to post reviews reverse chronologically Here goes.The Virgin Cure Everyone s familiar with Chekhov s famous quote that a gun in Act 1 must be fired by the last act Well, if you at all agree with this quote, then DO NOT READ THIS BOOK Seriously At the beg...If Slammerkin and The Night Circus had a baby, The Virgin Cure would be the result Honestly, the entire time it felt like Slammerkin lite, or Slammerkin Now Published by Disney I know it s not exactly fair to compare the books but the subject matter makes it impossible not to The story is narrated by a girl named Moth but the author added in bits of news articles, poems, advertisements, and notes from another character s perspective as well The book also takes place partly in a carnival c If Slammerkin and The Night Circus had a baby, The Virgin Cure would be the result Honestly, the entire time it felt li...
- English
- 15 January 2017 Ami McKay
- Hardcover
- 356 pages
- 0676979564
- Ami McKay
- The Virgin Cure