Promo: Lucie Dumas by Katherine Mezzacappa
Today, I'm delighted to welcome acclaimed author, Katherine Mezzacappa , to Ruins & Reading. I'm sharing a fascinating article and enticing excerpt from her evocative novel, Lucie Dumas . Based on a true story, it's a story you should check out, so read on! Lucie Dumas is currently on blog tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club. Find other interesting articles, excerpts, author chats, reviews, and more HERE ! Lucie Dumas by Katherine Mezzacappa Blurb: London, 1871: Lucie Dumas of Lyon has accepted a stipend from her former lover and his wife, on condition that she never returns to France; she will never see her young son again. As the money proves inadequate, Lucie turns to prostitution to live, joining the ranks of countless girls from continental Europe who'd come to London in the hope of work in domestic service. Escaping a Covent Garden brothel for a Magdalen penitentiary, Lucie finds only another form of incarceration and thus descends to the streets, where s...
