Ebook {Epub PDF} Wicketts Remedy by Myla Goldberg

Myla Goldberg (Goodreads Author) · Rating details · 2, ratings · reviews. Lydia Kilkenny is eager to move beyond her South Boston childhood, and when she marries Henry Wickett, a shy Boston Brahmin who plans to become a doctor, her future seems assured. That path changes when Henry abandons his medical studies and enlists Lydia to help him invent a mail-order medicine called /5. 7 rows ·  · Myla Goldberg is the author of the bestselling Bee Season, which was named a New York Times ISBN Myla Goldberg is the author of the bestselling Bee Season; an essay collection, Time’s Magpie, which explores all her favorite places in Prague, where she lived for a year in the early nineties; and Wickett’s Remedy which grew out of her fascination with the influenza epidemic. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, cartoonist Jason Little, and their daughter.

Get this from a library! Wickett's remedy: [a novel]. [Myla Goldberg] -- Lydia is an Irish American shopgirl with bigger aspirations than your average young woman from South Boston in the early part of the twentieth century. She marries Henry Wickett, a shy medical. Wickett's Remedy. Last Updated on , by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: In , Myla Goldberg created a nationwide sensation with her first novel, Bee Season, later made into a. WICKETT'S REMEDY. By Myla Goldberg. pp. Doubleday. $ The influenza epidemic killed more people than World War I -- tens of millions died, at least , in the United States alone.

by Myla Goldberg ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 20, The influenza pandemic is the background for this absorbing successor to Bee Season (). Irish-American Lydia Kilkenny moves up from her “Southie” (i.e., South Boston) neighborhood after marrying timid medical student Henry Wickett. When Henry forsakes his studies and returns to clerical drudgery while developing a health-giving elixir (the eponymous Remedy), Lydia senses trouble—but she agrees to concoct a pleasant-tasting recipe. Based on years of research and evoking actual events, Wickett's Remedy perfectly captures the texture of the times and brings a colourful cast of characters vividly to life, including a sad and funny chorus of the dead. With wit and dexterity, Goldberg has fashioned a novel that is both charming and grand. Wickett's Remedy: A Novel by Goldberg, Myla and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru