Bundle 2 Paperbacks: Lucky, Charity Girl

•NWT First Edition Paperback Bestseller Charity Girl,  Michael Lowenthal First Edition 2008,  Mariner Books •A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE •BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER  •Subject matter: Women’s history, Venereal disease, Sexually transmitted diseases, United States Government policy —History  •Description: novel. During World War I, seventeen-year-old Frieda Mintz is quarantined in  a detention center during the government's wartime crusade against venereal disease.  Frieda finds within the Home's confines a group of brash, unforgettable women who help her see the way to a new kind of independence. Charity Girl is based on a little-known chapter in American history that saw fifteen thousand women across the nation incarcerated.  •328 pages •Condition: new vintage never read. Excellent vintage condition  •Lucky, Alice Sebold 2002, Back Bay Books Subject matter: trauma, rape, survivor, recovery. This book is a memoir that describes the author’s experience of being raped as an eighteen-year-old college freshman at Syracuse University. Titled Lucky because a policemen told her that she was lucky to be alive. Sebold describes the devastating effects that this rape had on her life, but also how she was able to overcome /ultimately make sure her attacker was arrested / convicted. NOTE: descriptions of author’s brutal rape and beating Size: 8.5 x5.5 inches; Pages: 256 •Condition: shows wear, and fold on cover