Nineteenth-century Bangor, known as the Queen City, is a city of sharp contrasts–from the elegant mansions of Broadway, built from lumber fortunes and bootlegged alcohol money to the poverty-stricken Joppa neighborhood lined with taverns and frequented by desperate men and “fallen women.” To survive, Maude, a headstrong midwife, Fanny, the rags-to-riches housemistress of the infamous Pink Chimneys brothel, and Elizabeth, an orphaned, demure seamstress, must form unlikely alliances and discover the strength to overcome the odds in a culture that tries–and fails–to limit their potentia
Author: Ardeana Hamlin
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Islandport Press
Published: 11/11/2016
Pages: 296
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781944762001
Language: English
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