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From #1 international bestselling author Ami McKay comes The Virgin Cure, the story of a young girl abandoned and forced to fend for herself in the poverty and treachery of post-Civil War New York City.

McKay, whose debut novel The Birth House made headlines around the world, returns with a resonant tale inspired by her own great-great-grandmother’s experiences as a pioneer of women’s medicine in nineteenth-century New York.

In a powerful novel that recalls the evocative fiction Anita Shreve, Annie Proulx, and Joanne Harris, Ami McKay brings to light the story of early, forward-thinking social warriors, creating a narrative that readers will find inspiring, poignant, adventure-filled, and utterly unforgettable.

Editorial Reviews
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“Finely crafted and remarkably researched…. While set in the past, the book informs the modern dialogue on feminism, the sex trade, and choice.”
—Stacey May Fowles, The Walrus

“A worthy follow up to…The Birth House…. Character, setting, mood and plot are melded naturally to create a Dickensian world of deprivation and determination.”
—Winnipeg Free Press

“A powerful novel, rooted in the same elements that made The Birth House both critically lauded and a bestseller…. One of McKay’s gifts and skills as a writer is her ability to utterly immerse the reader in her fictional world…. A powerful, affecting novel.”
—Robert J. Wiersema, National Post

“Fans of McKay’s bestselling novel The Birth House are going to love The Virgin Cure…. McKay’s vivid prose can trigger in readers the taste of a hot bowl of oyster stew, the reek of Chrystie Street tenement houses and the sound of a taffeta skirt’s hem brushing the floor of a concert saloon…. It’s difficult not to swiftly turn the pages of The Virgin Cure.”
—Maclean’s

“A lovely novel, written in a style that is both clean and subtle. McKay’s voices are true; her characters sympathetic…. I’m certain readers will take to The Virgin Cure just as they did The Birth House.”
—The Vancouver Sun

“A powerful new voice in Canadian writing.”
—Marjorie Anderson

“McKay is clearly a talented writer with a subtle sense of story, one that readers will look forward to hearing from, again and again.”
—The Gazette

“McKay is such a wonderful storyteller with a strong sense of place and time.”
—Library Journal

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“Fans of McKay’s bestselling novel The Birth House are going to love The Virgin Cure…. McKay’s vivid prose can trigger in readers the taste of a hot bowl of oyster stew, the reek of Chrystie Street tenement houses and the sound of a taffeta skirt’s hem brushing the floor of a concert saloon.”
—Maclean’s

“Impossible to put down.”
—Toronto Star

“Finely crafted and remarkably researched…. A unique achievement.”
—The Walrus