The Impossible Girl, Lydia Kang
The Impossible Girl, Lydia Kang
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The Impossible Girl

Author: Lydia Kang

Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld

Unabridged: 13 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 09/18/2018

Synopsis

Two hearts. Twice as vulnerable.Manhattan, 1850. Born out of wedlock to a wealthy socialite and a nameless immigrant, Cora Lee can mingle with the rich just as easily as she can slip unnoticed into the slums and graveyards of the city. As the only female resurrectionist in New York, she’s carved out a niche procuring bodies afflicted with the strangest of anomalies. Anatomists will pay exorbitant sums for such specimens—dissecting and displaying them for the eager public.Cora’s specialty is not only profitable, it’s a means to keep a finger on the pulse of those searching for her. She’s the girl born with two hearts—a legend among grave robbers and anatomists—sought after as an endangered prize.Now, as a series of murders unfolds closer and closer to Cora, she can no longer trust those she holds dear, including the young medical student she’s fallen for. Because someone has no intention of waiting for Cora to die a natural death.

About Lydia Kang

Lydia Kang is a physician and the author of A Beautiful Poison. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and graduated from Columbia University and New York University School of Medicine. She currently lives in the Midwest with her family, where she continues to practice internal medicine. Visit her at www.lydiakang.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kylie on August 01, 2019

WOW! This book had me more hooked than any other I've read in a long while! It is a brilliant, original novel that looks into grave robbing and body snatchers in the mid 1800s. It follows the story of Cora, the only female resurrectionist in New York, as she and her team dig up recently buried bodies......more

Goodreads review by Carrie on September 15, 2018

Looking for something a bit darker to read for the fall season? How about some grave robbing and human anomalies? The Impossible Girl by Lydia Kang just might be that book you are searching for then. A historical fiction tale with a bit of mystery this one is certainly fitting for the time of year. I......more

Goodreads review by Felicia on September 16, 2018

"The girl with two hearts, too impossible to have truly been born." The Impossible Girl by Lydia Kang is listed as Adult General Fiction/Women's Fiction which is why I was pleasantly surprised to discover that it is a mystery book more than anything. And a stellar mystery book at that as I did not, n......more

Goodreads review by 8stitches 9lives on September 16, 2018

Wow! Finally, an original idea for a story that is executed perfectly. Lydia Kang is a helluva writer! Her prose is beautiful but it also flows well from page-to-page, making it an absolute pleasure to read. I would describe this as an historical medical mystery in terms of genre, it sort of defies......more

Goodreads review by Ante on September 30, 2018

First and foremost, I would like to thank NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for my first ever ARC. ''Many things are possible. The human body's mysteries are finite but not yet solved.'' I can wait the day Goodreads will change it's rating system, because it's so hard to put a rating, especially......more

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