Genre:
Historical
Fiction With Feminist Leanings
Release:,
August 20, 2015
Publisher:
Bygone Era Books, Ltd.
Her
pimp wants her dead, a hooker wants her heart, and the DA just wants
her …
On
the eve of World War II, Portland, Oregon, battles corruption as the
city falls into the hands of gangsters. Newly orphaned, Mae Rose
wanders the rain-stained streets alone, on the lam from a
knife-wielding pimp and mustering her own worst impulses to survive.
As Mae rises to power in Portland’s gritty sex industry, she’s
pursued by a district attorney who seeks to snare her for more
personal reasons. In the city’s smoky nightspots, the glamorous Dr.
Ruth Barnett turns heads, but by day she operates a wildly successful
abortion service. At war’s end, both Mae and Ruth are caught in the
crosshairs of Portland’s anti-vice crusade. The women’s survival,
as well as any chance at lasting love, depends on their allegiance to
each other and their abilities to outsmart the cops and politicians
who no longer protect them. This novel, based in part on the true
story of Dr. Ruth Barnett, takes an unflinching look at the power
dynamics of sex and post-war assaults on reproductive rights.
A
family physician, Patricia Kullberg, MD, MPH, devoted her career to
serving persons living with physical, mental and addiction disorders
at a clinic for the homeless. She has written many award-winning
articles about health and medicine, but Girl in the River is her
first novel. Kullberg and her husband live in Portland, Oregon, where
she facilitates writing workshops for marginalized women and tends a
large garden.
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