From turn-of-the-century New Orleans, a city renowned for sin, seduction, and sex, comes a tale of two women inextricably linked by âthe Districtâ of Storyville, where prostitution was legalâand flourishing.
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Kateâyoung, beautiful, and abandoned by a man who doesnât love herâfinds herself thrown on the mercies of the city. Julia Randsome is a transplanted Yankee, a supporter of womenâs rights, who against everyoneâs advice marries into one of the cityâs most prominent families. Though they occupy different universes in New Orleans, somehow all roads bring Kate and Julia to the same placeâĻback to the District.
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As lush and provocative as New Orleans is itself, Storyville sweeps across lines of caste and blood, money and desireâand into the voluptuous secrets of a city as tempting as any on earth.
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âLois Battle is a born storyteller.ââThe Washington Post
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âStoryville comes to lurid life.ââKirkus Reviews