Woman of Ill Fame (Paperback)

from rbrandt

Nora Simms, a beautiful, young prostitute from Boston, arrives in wide-open San Francisco in 1849, intent on starting a new life. Although she is a kind, sympathetic person, this is no hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold story. The only gold Nora is interested in is what she can get out of the miners' pa...

from AnaraGuard

What a delightful character Erika Mailman has created: bawdy, funny, brave, gutsy, and imperfect. Set in Gold Rush San Francisco, the life of a prostitute, a woman of ill fame, was difficult and often short. Nora hasn't been bamboozled into this life: indeed, she sometimes quite enjoys herself. B...

from celticlady53

Women of Ill Fame is a term used to describe prostitutes in the late 1800's. Nora Simms is one of these women in San Francisco during the Gold Rush era. A women who accepts her lot in life as a 'loose woman' but does want to better herself. Instead of staying in the crib row houses where she plie...

from ladybug74

I really enjoyed this book. I was surprised by the ending, though I did have a feeling that the professor's "friend" would not be what Nora expected him to be. Though Nora was a prostitute, I felt that she was a likable person and found myself rooting for her throughout the book.

from celticlady53

Women of Ill Fame is a term used to describe prostitutes in the late 1800's. Nora Simms is one of these women in San Francisco during the Gold Rush era. A women who accepts her lot in life as a 'loose woman' but does want to better herself. Instead of staying in the crib row houses where she plie...