Former journalist Karen Abbot is the author of
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul, one of our rare nonfiction
Featured Book picks. According to her author bio, Ms. Abbot is currently at work on a book about Gypsy Rose Lee and Depression-Era New York City.
Aftertaste:Footnotes! What does she have against footnotes?
Availability:Everywhere.
Other Recommendations:Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriage, by Phyllis Rose. (It's just as scandalously entertaining as
Sin in the Second City, and only about half—well, three-quarters—as gross!)
Website:http://sininthesecondcity.com/home.html -
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