The Double Standard Sporting House - by Nancy Bernhard (Paperback)

Name: The Double Standard Sporting House - by Nancy Bernhard (Paperback)
Brand: She Writes Press
SKU: 1007843529
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For fans of Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River, debut historical fiction about a brothel nurse in nineteenth-century New York City who fights brutality in the sex trade and pioneers treatments for survivors of sexual violence.
About the Author: Nancy Bernhard is a journalism historian and yoga teacher, fascinated by how survivors of political and sexual violence heal through storytelling and movement.
328 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Historical

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For fans of Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River, debut historical fiction about a brothel nurse in nineteenth-century New York City who fights brutality in the sex trade and pioneers treatments for survivors of sexual violence.

A high-class brothel that entertains New York's most powerful men, the Double Standard Sporting House funds a free clinic for women. When the Tammany Hall criminal syndicate takes over the city in 1868 and starts kidnapping girls, the house's owner Nell "Doc" Hastings cannot stay quiet--especially after sixteen-year-old Vivie arrives at the clinic bruised and bleeding.

Resolving to seek justice for Vivie and girls like her, Doc builds an unlikely alliance with religious reformers, a rare honest ward cop, and an alluring newspaper publisher she can't seem to keep away from. Even with their help, Doc will have to use her sharpest tools--secrets, guile, and a surgical blade--to prevent a dark turn in the sex trade.

Full of intrigue, friendship, and love, this timely story of a heroine erased from history by the sexual double standard reminds us that women help and heal one another, even when shameless criminals come to power.

About the Author

Nancy Bernhard is a journalism historian and yoga teacher, fascinated by how survivors of political and sexual violence heal through storytelling and movement. She was born in Brooklyn, and lives with her family in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W)

Weight: .46 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 328

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Historical

Publisher: She Writes Press

Theme: 19th Century

Format: Paperback

Author: Nancy Bernhard

Language: English

Street Date: January 20, 2026

TCIN: 1007843529

UPC: 9798896360520

Item Number (DPCI): 247-41-5655

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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