{"product_id":"9780990584308","title":"Bowery Girl","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom WILLA Award winning author Kim Taylor Blakemore, a novel of dreams, impossible odds, and the enduring bond of friendship...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...inspiring and poignant historical fiction novel that will engage readers that are looking for an insightful, yet entertaining read. \" 5\/5 stars, Luxury Reader\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"lends credence to the millions of historical and contemporary girls who dare to dream in the face of extraordinary challenges.\" - Starred Review, Kirkus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"compelling, gritty, and sometimes brutal view of life on the streets.\" - Barnes and Noble\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gang violence, raucous carousing, sex, accidental pregnancy, and crime-not what most will expect from Victorian-era historical fiction. But that's exactly what they'll find in this tightly plotted novel...\" - Booklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNEW YORK, 1883: Gamblers and thieves, immigrants and street urchins, Do-Gooders and charity houses, impossible goals and impossible odds. The Bowery is a place where you own nothing but your dreams. And dreams are the only things that come cheap for pickpocket Mollie Flynn and prostitute Annabelle Lee. Pleasure is fleeting - and often stolen. Nights at Lefty Malone's saloon, sneaking into the Thalia Theatre. Then it's back to their airless, windowless tenement room and the ongoing struggle to keep a roof over their heads and bread in their stomachs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Brooklyn Bridge is nearing completion, and things are changing in New York City. The two women fantasize of starting a new life across the East River. Nothing but a flight of fancy, perhaps, until wealthy Do-Gooder Emmeline DuPre, who has opened the Cherry Street Settlement House, steps into their lives with her books, typewriters, and promises of a way to earn a respectable living. Despite Mollie's and Annabelle's fascination with the woman and what she offers, is Emmeline helping or meddling?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs it really possible to be anything other than a Bowery Girl? Mollie and Annabelle will have to decide exactly who they are, and what sort of women they want to be.","brand":"On Demand Publishing, LLC-Create Space","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47010250916080,"sku":"9780990584308","price":7.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780990584308_p0.jpg?v=1763896970","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780990584308","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}