The Madam 
Subtitle: A Novel
Publisher: Atria
Published: September 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780743454575
Subjects: West Virginia; General; Fiction - Historical; Fiction; Women; Historical - General; Fiction / General; Female friendship; Miami (Fla.)
First sentence: Before there can be a murderous heart, or, for that matter, before there can be a whorehouse, an orphanage, a dank trunk with rusted hinges, there must first be a hosiery mill.