My Notorious Life : A Novel (Paperback)

from GennaC

"Them officials lived in a world of smoke and pronouncements, rooms full of throat clearings and whiskey breath, whereas we, my customers and me, lived just in our own flesh, the blood and bones. We were factories of blood and bones, in fact. These authorities knew nothing of us and what went on ...

from shelleyraec

A compelling and provocative tale, author Kate Manning blends history and imagination to create a wonderfully rich portrait of an extraordinary character. My Notorious Life is loosely based on the history of 19th-century New York midwife and abortionist Ann Trow Lohman, better known as Madame Res...

from sushitori

What a timely story! If you're pro-life, this is not the book for you; it contains frank descriptions of unwanted pregnancy, death in childbirth, and abortion procedures before the existence of painkillers and safe methods. Based on a real midwife-abortionist in 19th century New York, the book te...

from janismack

I enjoyed reading about the pour female souls of the 1800's and how they dealt with unwanted pregnancies and female afflictions. The heroine of the story never last her focus of taking care of womwn in their hour of need. It is still shoking to read how women were treated as less than human in ma...

from Yamilka

My Notorious Life, written by Kate Manning, is one of those books that you should keep in your book collection, because trust me... It will become one of those guilty pleasures that you have to read again and again! The book is written in such way that your imagination will take off, and you won'...