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Lois Battle's seven novels include Bed and Breakfast, Storyville, War Brides, and A Habit of the Blood, (all Penguin). She lives in Beaufort, South Carolina.
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Though this period novel takes its title from the notorious red-light area of New Orleans where prostitution was legalized from 1898 to 1917, Battle more often calls the area "the District," the epithet New Orleaneans familiarly used. With the finesse she demonstrated in such books as The Past Is Another Country , she dramatizes the lives of two women at opposite ends of the social scale. Kate is an innocent country girl who is seduced by a rake and abandoned, with little recourse but to become a woman "in the life." Beautiful and appealing, she snares the heart of young Lawrence Randsome, scion of an old, distinguished New Orleans family. Meanwhile, his mother, transplanted Boston blueblood, bluestocking and suffragette Julia Randsome, has discovered that her husband Charles owns whorehouses in the District, and their marriage is damaged by her bitterness and lack of trust. Eventually, tragedy adds another dimension to their domestic squabbling; then Julia befriends the luckless Kate and comes into her own as an activist for women's rights. Battle deftly depicts the hardworking, tawdry denizens of the District, contrasting their existence to the decadent lives of many of New Orleans's first families. Her smoothly written novel nicely integrates background details (from the Spanish-American War to the Panama Canal to the social pecking order of the period) and features such secondary characters as an egregiously selfish mother-in-law and a brothel madam with a heart of gold--both credibly drawn. 75,000 first printing; Literary Guild dual main selection; Doubleday Book Club selection.
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- PublisherViking
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0340589604
- ISBN 13 9780340589601
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages432
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A novel set in New Orleans at the turn of the century. The story of two indomitable women, it sweeps across lines of caste and blood, money and desire. Lois Battle is the author of "Season of Change", "War Brides", "Southern Women", "Habit of the Blood" and "The Past is Another Country". The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR005038759
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. A novel set in New Orleans at the turn of the century. The story of two indomitable women, it sweeps across lines of caste and blood, money and desire. Lois Battle is the author of "Season of Change", "War Brides", "Southern Women", "Habit of the Blood" and "The Past is Another Country". A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Seller Inventory # GOR005828742
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed. Softcover. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Signed by Lois Battle on title page with a signed witty letter laid in, also signed by Battle, to the Thurber Literary House in Columbus Ohio. SHIPS fast with tracking. DD02. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # BB03-DVFR5-006
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