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Pink Chimneys, a novel of nineteenth-century Maine, by Ardeana Hamlin

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Pink Chimneys, a novel of nineteenth-century Maine, by Ardeana Hamlin

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Pink Chimneys

Oclc number

1111648567

Responsibility statement

by Ardeana Hamlin

Sub title

a novel of nineteenth-century Maine

Summary

Nineteenth-century Bangor, known as the Queen City, is a city of sharp contrasts--from the elegant mansions of Broadway, built from lumber fortunes and bootlegged alcohol money to the poverty-stricken Joppa neighborhood lined with taverns and frequented by desperate men and "fallen women." To survive, Maude, a headstrong midwife, Fanny, the rags-to-riches housemistress of the infamous Pink Chimneys brothel, and Elizabeth, an orphaned, demure seamstress, must form unlikely alliances and discover the strength to overcome the odds in a culture that tries--and fails--to limit their potentia

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