| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
326 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Summary |
In a multidimensional, intricately wrought narrative, Myla Goldberg leads us back to Boston in the early part of the twentieth century and into two completely captivating worlds. One is that of Lydia, an Irish American shopgirl with bigger aspirations than your average young woman from South Boston. She seems to be well on her way to the life she has dreamed of when she marries Henry Wickett, a shy medical student and the scion of a Boston Brahmin family. However, soon after their wedding, Henry abruptly quits medical school to create a mail-order patent medicine called Wickett's Remedy, and just as Lydia begins to adjust to her husband's new vocation, the infamous Spanish influenza epidemic of 1918 begins its deadly sweep across the world, irrevocably changing their lives. |
| Subject |
Irish American women -- Fiction.
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Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 -- Fiction.
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Patent medicines -- Fiction.
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Boston (Mass.) -- Fiction.
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Widows -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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| ISBN |
0385513240 |
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9780385513241 |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 277106184 |
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YDXCP 2207264 |
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