Madam, Cari Lynn
Madam, Cari Lynn
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Madam
A Novel of New Orleans

Author: Cari Lynn, Kellie Martin

Narrator: Hillary Huber

Unabridged: 9 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/25/2014

Synopsis


New Orleans, 1900. Mary Deubler makes a meager living as an "alley whore." That all changes when bible-thumping Alderman Sidney Story forces the creation of a red-light district that's mockingly dubbed "Storyville." Mary believes there's no place for a lowly girl like her in the high-class bordellos of Storyville's Basin Street, where champagne flows and beautiful girls turn tricks in luxurious bedrooms. But with gumption, twists of fate, even a touch of voodoo, Mary rises above her hopeless lot to become the notorious Madame Josie Arlington.

Filled with fascinating historical details and cameos by Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, and E. J. Bellocq, Madam is a fantastic romp through The Big Easy and the irresistible story of a woman who rose to power long before the era of equal rights.

About Cari Lynn

Cari Lynn is a journalist and the author or coauthor of four nonfiction books, including Leg the Spread: A Woman's Adventures Inside the Trillion-Dollar Boy's Club of Commodities Trading and The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors, and One Woman's Fight for Justice, with Kathryn Bolkovac. Cari has written for numerous publications, including O, the Oprah Magazine; Health; the Chicago Tribune, and Deadline Hollywood. She has taught at Loyola University and received an MA in writing from Johns Hopkins University. She lives in Los Angeles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Marvin

In the 1890s and 1900s the city of New Orleans instituted boundaries for a place where there would be legalized prostitution and all the vices that go with it. Nicknamed Storyville, a reference to the man who proposed the idea, it became a notorious few blocks serving both Blacks and Whites as a pru......more

Goodreads review by Erin

I think I would have liked this a bit more if it had shown more of Josie Arlington's life. Instead, it showed how Josie came to be, focusing on her days as a whore in Venus Alley; interesting reading, but something about her days as Madam of the Arlington would have been interesting, as well.......more

Goodreads review by Diana | Book of Secrets

MADAM is an entertaining romp through the underbelly of New Orleans on the eve of the 20th century. This book is based on the true story of Mary Deubler, a poor “alley whore” who transforms herself into Madame Josie Arlington in the new vice district. When city officials realized that it was impossi......more

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