Type: fiction
Status: I recommend
Author: Sheri Holman
Tags: women history british england historical medicine medical 19th_century cholera prostitutes
Description: The second of a trifecta of books about prostitutes in historical England, The Dress LodgerThe second of a trifecta of books about prostitutes in historical England, The Dress Lodger is raw and eerie. Sheri Holman writes about a 15-year old girl desperately trying to save the life of her ill child, by any and every means necessary, while the cholera epidemic poisons the city of Suderland and threatens to spread not only through the city, but the world. Haunting and grim, the book remained in the forefront of my memory for days, regardless of whether or not I wanted it there. Recommended. --Erin E. Betters...
2006-07-09
