![]() “Sold into prostitution at a young age, many girls from poor families were brokered by madams (or even their own parents) as “fresh maids.” Men paid the highest price for girls who had been “certified” as virgins. The Virgin Cure takes its title from a myth – and a very real fate that befell many young girls of this time. There she writes that “in 1870, over thirty thousand children lived on the streets of New York City and many more wandered in and out of the cellars and tenements as their families struggled to scrape together enough income to put food on the table.” (pg. ![]() That’s because Ami McKay’s concluding commentary is just as important – and just as haunting – as her sophomore novel itself. ![]() If you decide to read The Virgin Cure (and this review is going to try its damnedest to convince you that you absolutely must ), make sure you don’t skip the Author’s Note at the end. ![]()
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