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The Dress Lodger (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

by Sheri Holman

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ISBN13: 9780345436917
ISBN10: 0345436911
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In Sunderland, England, a city quarantined by the cholera epidemic of 1831, a defiant, fifteen-teen-year old beauty in an elegant blue dress makes her way between shadow and lamp light. A potter's assistant by day and dress lodger by night, Gustine sells herself for necessity in a rented gown, scrimping to feed and protect her only love: her fragile baby boy. She holds a glimmer of hope after meeting Dr. Henry Chiver, a prisoner of his own dark past. But in a world where suspicion of medicine runs rampant like a fever, these two lost souls will become irrevocably linked, as each crosses lines between rich and destitute, decorum and abandon, damnation and salvation. By turns tender and horrifying, The Dress Lodger is a captivating historical thriller charged with a distinctly modern voice. . . .

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"Compulsively fascinating, the novel draws the reader through the alleys and quays of Sunderland with all the practiced charm of its title character." Marion Lignana Rosenberg, Salon

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"An engrossing novel that's part medical thriller, part Greek tragedy and wholly rewarding." Amy Waldman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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A mesmeric blend of humor, horror and heartache, and a masterpiece of storytelling, The Dress Lodger is a perfect, Dickensian storm about what happens in 19th Century England when a teenage mother (who is also a part-time prostitute) collides with a grave-robbing doctor and a cholera epidemic. From the first sentence, The Dress Lodger snagged me like a grappling hook and never let go. It's one of the best novels I've ever read and is, I believe, destined to become a literary classic.
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ISBN:
9780345436917
Author:
Holman, Sheri
Publisher:
Ballantine Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
Historical
Subject:
History
Subject:
Historical - General
Subject:
Historical fiction
Subject:
Physicians
Subject:
Single mothers
Subject:
Prostitutes
Subject:
Unmarried mothers
Subject:
Teenage prostitution
Subject:
Body snatching.
Subject:
Sunderland
Copyright:
2000
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Ballantine Reader's Circle
Series Volume:
no. PR03
Publication Date:
January 2001
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
291
Dimensions:
8.16x5.49x.74 in. .63 lbs.
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