9780618546299 | Houghton Mifflin, January 3, 2007, cover price $24.00 |
About this edition: During World War I, after an impulsive night with an infected soldier, Frieda Mintz, a seventeen-year-old Jewish girl, is sent to a makeshift detention center for medical treatment with other 'charity girls' in similar circumstances.
9780618919789 | Reprint edition (Mariner Books, January 8, 2008), cover price $13.95 |
About this edition: During World War I, after an impulsive night with an infected soldier, Frieda Mintz, a seventeen-year-old Jewish girl, is sent to a makeshift detention center, where she is subjected to poor living conditions, invasive medical exams, and life-changing relationships with other 'charity girls' in similar circumstances, in a novel based on a little-known chapter in American history.