Bowery Girl

• Date de parution : 06/04/2006
• Editeur : Penguin Young Readers Group
• EAN : 9781440678356
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• Support : Livre numérique

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• Thème : Non attribué
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On the streets of the Bowery, you do whatever it takes to survive. This is the story of two "Bowery girls"--the pickpocket Mollie Flynn and the prostitute Annabelle Lee, young women without family or education who must fend for themselves.Two young women whose survival depends on each other.... Voir plus

On the streets of the Bowery, you do whatever it takes to survive. This is the story of two "Bowery girls"--the pickpocket Mollie Flynn and the prostitute Annabelle Lee, young women without family or education who must fend for themselves.Two young women whose survival depends on each other. After a chance encounter with Emmeline DuPre, a "Do-Gooder" who has recently opened a settlement house, Mollie and Annabelle are given the opportunity to better themselves. But the city offers many temptations the girls must overcome.This vibrant, carefully researched novel shows how much--and how little--our world has changed.