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The Wet Nurse's Tale Paperback - 2010

by Erica Eisdorfer

A debut novel, "The Wet Nurse's Tale" is a bright and clever story with a sharp-tongued, adventurous heroine who offers a candid and often funny look at the business of nursing babies in Victorian England.


Summary

A debut novel set in Victorian England with a delightfully cheeky heroine who will have everyone talking.

Susan Rose is not your average Victorian heroine. She's promiscuous, lovable, plump, and scheming. Luckily for Susan, her big heart is covered by an equally big bosom, and her bosom is her fortune- for Susan becomes a professional wet nurse, like her mother before her, and she makes it her business to know all the intrigues and scandals that the upper crust would prefer to keep to themselves.

When her own child is caught up in a family scandal, Susan must use all of her street smarts to rescue her baby from the powerful mistress of the house. The scheme she weaves is bold and daring, and could spell ruin if she fails-but Susan Rose has no intention of failing.

From the publisher

Erica Eisdorfer was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina, and graduated from Duke University. She was the book reviewer for WUNC, an NPR affiliate, for eight years. Eisdorfer has managed the Bull’s Head Bookshop, the trade bookstore on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for twenty years. She lives in Carrboro with her husband and two daughters.

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  • Title The Wet Nurse's Tale
  • Author Erica Eisdorfer
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Berkley / Nal, New York, New York
  • Date 2010-08-03
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian
  • ISBN 9780425234471 / 0425234479
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.94 x 5.28 x 0.83 in (20.17 x 13.41 x 2.11 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Mothers and sons
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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About the author

Erica Eisdorfer was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina, and graduated from Duke University. She was the book reviewer for WUNC, an NPR affiliate, for eight years. Eisdorfer has managed the Bull's Head Bookshop, the trade bookstore on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for twenty years. She lives in Carrboro with her husband and two daughters.
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