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If you like slammerkin you might like similar books frog music, the little stranger, the handmaids tale, margaret atwood, the dress lodger, alias grace. Hes exactly like michener, but a touch more readable. It begins with a fourth wall technique speaking to the character just written, and continues throughout to use uniquely creative techniques. Books by sheri holman authors like sheri holman what. If clive barker ever writes a historical novel, hell be hard pressed to invent horrors more lurid than the rotting corpses and dangling viscera that grace, so to speak, this lurid and fascinating second novel from holman a stolen tongue, 1997. Reading it is like biting into a rich, dark chocolate.

The dress lodger the dress lodger audiobook, by sheri holman. The dress lodger, a prostitutes passion for her vulnerable baby and the disgraced doctor who might save him, is engrossing historical fiction. If clive barker ever writes a historical novel, hell be hard pressed to invent horrors more lurid than the rotting corpses and dangling viscera that grace, so to speak, this lurid and fascinating. Kristin lavransdatter is one of my favorite books and i love sarah waters. Teenaged gustine the dress lodger, a prostitute whose master garbs her in finery in order to attract the lust of wellpaying gentry. Enter the dress lodger gustine, a young woman who parades the night streets in a fancy dress to attract male patrons in order to pay for wretched lodgings.

The more money she makes, the higher her own status. The dress lodger the dress lodger, a cunning historical thriller charged with a distinctly modern voice, is the book that launched sheri holman into bestsellerdom. Goodreads members who liked the dress lodger also liked. Teenaged gustine the dress lodger, a prostitute whose master garbs her in finery in order to attract the lust of well. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. By day a potters assistant, by night a courtesan of the streets, gustine works to support her fragile only child. The writing is very descriptive, bordering on purple prose.

As with all the best fictional history, sheri holmans atmospheric, miasmic tale of cholerastruck sunderland in 1831 is based on fact. In sunderland, england, a city quarantined by the cholera epidemic of 1831, a defiant, fifteenyearold beauty in an elegant blue dress. However, if you stick with the story, which is set right in the middle of a cholera outbreak in sunderland, england circa 1830s, you will be well rewarded. She is already one of my favorite characters in popular fiction. The dress lodger by sheri holman reading for sanity. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the the dress lodger, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. By turns tender and horrifying, the dress lodger is a captivating historical thriller charged with a distinctly modern voice. May, 2010 enter the dress lodger gustine, a young woman who parades the night streets in a fancy dress to attract male patrons in order to pay for wretched lodgings. According to the story, dress lodging is defined as a poor prostitute being loaned a fancy dress to attract a wealthier clientele. The subject matter is undeniably grim, but holmans. About best ebook download library our mission is to help people find and download e books they love. But in a world where suspicion of medicine runs rampant like a fever, these two lost souls will become irrevocably linked, as each crosses lines between rich and destitute, decorum and abandon, damnation and salvation. Jan 01, 2000 if clive barker ever writes a historical novel, hell be hard pressed to invent horrors more lurid than the rotting corpses and dangling viscera that grace, so to speak, this lurid and fascinating second novel from holman a stolen tongue, 1997. Sheri holman is the author of a stolen tongue, which was translated into thirteen languages.

A new york times notable book from the author of a stolen tongue. Sunday, you may play cards or walk out on the town moor or, if you are feeling guilty about something, wash your. In sunderland, england, a city quarantined by the cholera epidemic of 1831, a defiant fifteenyearold beauty in an elegant blue dress makes her way between shadow and lamplight. She, like most of the other pathetic poor workers who people the novel, is merely a pawn whose life is shaped by others. May 01, 2010 the dress lodger, a cunning historical thriller charged with a distinctly modern voice, is the book that launched sheri holman into bestsellerdom. Annette kobak is the author of isabelle, a biography of the 19thcentury traveler isabelle eberhardt. View entire discussion 7 comments more posts from the booksuggestions community. Sheri holman in a novel set in london during the industrial revolution, a prostitute borrows a blue dress to attract a higher class of client and is shadowed through the streets by an evil old woman hired by the. Jan 02, 2001 but in a world where suspicion of medicine runs rampant like a fever, these two lost souls will become irrevocably linked, as each crosses lines between rich and destitute, decorum and abandon, damnation and salvation. It is about a girl, gustine who is a prostitute and a doctor who needs bodies to teach his students. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the dress lodger. A tale of crime and survival in nineteenthcentury england as unsettling as it is brilliant the washington post book world. The dress lodger by sheri holman might be unsettling at first, especially for readers who arent used to being directly addressed by the narrators. In sunderland, england, a city quarantined by the cholera epidemic of 1831, a defiant, fifteenyearold beauty in an elegant blue dress sells her body to feed her only love.

I just finished the kingsbridge trilogy and loved it. If you liked the dress lodger by sheri holman, here are some books like this. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Holman is free from the fetters of victorian propriety, thrusting us into the dismal life of a 15 year old prostitute named gustine, complete with the quesy aspects of her evenings work. All that is known of this womancalled eyeball or evil eye or gray sister by boys who have read their homer, but mostly called just plain eyeis that she still lives at 9 mill street as she has since before the building was erected, and as she probably will long after it collapses around her. A potters assistant by day and dress lodger by night, gustine sells herself for necessity in a rented gown, scrimping to feed and protect her only love. But it also radiates the light of a mothers love, powerful but shining with difficulty through all of the murk.

The dress lodger by sheri holman book club discussion. Details of the dress lodger exact title of the book the dress lodger book author sheri holman book edition paperback number of pages 291 pages language english published january 2nd 2001 by ballantine books file size in pdf 1164 kb. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Book recommendations for people who like the dress lodger by sheri holman. Jennifer davis mcdaid, richmond times dispatch with shades of caleb carr, holman digs us up an atmosphere and character while shes unwinding her merciless plotshould anyone really trust a surgeon with no heart. Feb 10, 2019 the dress lodger is a grim and unsavoury dickens. Holmans previous novelsamong them the bestselling dress lodger, a spellbinding account of a prostitute in england during the cholera epidemic of 1831are distinguished by splendid writing, and her gifts are dramatically evident here. This weeks book is the dress lodger, by sheri holman it takes place in 1831 in sunderland, england during a cholera quarantine.

Shop for books at and browse categories like young adult books, childrens books, mystery books, adult coloring books and cook books. She is as eloquent about the physical landscape of her stories as she is about the internal terrain of. The dress lodger is an even better book than holmans first, with prose thats more limber and vivid and with, appropriately enough, more heart. The dress lodger takes place in 1831 in sunderland, an industrializing seaport on the northeast coast of england, as cholera gains its first foothold in the kingdom. In the dress lodger, sheri holman brings to new realms the ambition and gusto she exhibited so dazzlingly in her debut novel, a stolen tongue. The characters are well drawn, if occasionally stereotypical. In sunderland, england, a city quarantined by the cholera epidemic of 1831, a defiant, fifteenyear old beauty in an elegant blue dress makes her way between shadow and lamp light. Describe the voice of the narrator in the dress lodger. This is a certain kind of prostitute that wears a dress that a lady of nobility might wear in order to attract a higher. Sheri holman has shown since the beginning of her career a restless adventurousness that is the mark of a born novelist, the sort of novelist who cant help writing even if the novel is dying or literary culture is evolving or apps are replacing human brains. Find books like the dress lodger from the worlds largest community of readers. Here is a list of books i would like to read updated. The dress lodger by sheri holman atlantic monthly press.

In sunderland, england, a city quarantined by the cholera epidemic of 1831, a defiant, fifteenteenyear old beauty in an elegant blue dress makes her way between shadow and lamp light. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by. Every now and then a book comes along and socks you in the jaw. In sinister industrial england, fifteenyearold gustine is a dress lodger, a prostitute who rents a beautiful blue dress from her landlord to attract a higher class of clientele. Teenaged gustine the dress lodger, a prostitute whose master garbs her in finery in order to attract the lust of wellpaying gentry, is the focal point of this highenergy melodrama, set in the english riverside city of sunderland in 1831a year when a plague of cholera morbus decimates the populace. The writing is sumptuous, conjuring up the period with a wry, unerringly incisive view. I liked the er russia, paris, dublin and nyc books especially. Does the voice remind you of other books you may have read. The dress lodger is a dark novel about poverty and disease, good and evil. Gustine has a baby with a rare condition, and she wants the doctor to help save her babys life. How do you, as a reader, react when the narrator addresses you directly. The dress lodger, a cunning historical thriller charged with a distinctly modern voice, is the book that launched sheri holman into bestsellerdom. In a novel set in london during the industrial revolution, a prostitute borrows a blue dress to attract a higher class of clientele and is shadowed through the streets by an evil old woman hired.