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The Dress Lodger (New York Times Notable Books)

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Now in paperback, this national bestseller is a stunning exploration of sinister Industrial England and the dark secrets of 19th-century medical science--a historical thriller charged with a distinctly modern voice.

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The Dress Lodger, a cunning historical thriller charged with a distinctly modern voice, is the book that launched Sheri Holman into bestsellerdom. With over 300,000 copies sold and a consistent top “Readers Circle” performer for Ballantine, it was superbly reviewed, chosen as a New York Times Notable Book, and nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

In Sunderland, England, a city quarantined by the cholera epidemic of 1831, Gustine, a defiant fifteen-year-old beauty in an elegant blue dress rented from her pimp-landlord, sells her body to feed her only love: a fragile baby boy. When she meets surgeon Henry Chiver, who has recently been implicated in the Burke and Hare killings, in which beggars were murdered so the corpses could be sold for medical research, Gustine begins working for him by securing cadavers for his ill-equipped anatomy school. It is a gruesome job that will soon threaten the very things shes working so hard to protect.

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ISBN:
9780802144928
Author:
Holman, Sheri
Publisher:
Grove Press
Subject:
Historical - General
Subject:
Historical
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Series:
New York Times Notable Books
Publication Date:
20100531
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
8.25 x 5.5 in 9.5 oz
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"Synopsis" by , Now in paperback, this national bestseller is a stunning exploration of sinister Industrial England and the dark secrets of 19th-century medical science--a historical thriller charged with a distinctly modern voice.
"Synopsis" by ,
The Dress Lodger, a cunning historical thriller charged with a distinctly modern voice, is the book that launched Sheri Holman into bestsellerdom. With over 300,000 copies sold and a consistent top “Readers Circle” performer for Ballantine, it was superbly reviewed, chosen as a New York Times Notable Book, and nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

In Sunderland, England, a city quarantined by the cholera epidemic of 1831, Gustine, a defiant fifteen-year-old beauty in an elegant blue dress rented from her pimp-landlord, sells her body to feed her only love: a fragile baby boy. When she meets surgeon Henry Chiver, who has recently been implicated in the Burke and Hare killings, in which beggars were murdered so the corpses could be sold for medical research, Gustine begins working for him by securing cadavers for his ill-equipped anatomy school. It is a gruesome job that will soon threaten the very things shes working so hard to protect.
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