Karen Abbott

Title: Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, & the Battle for America's SoulAuthor: Karen Abbott

Hear from authors, historians, and sexperts in this three-part seminar series that delves into Chicago’s part in shaping society’s sexual mores. Author Karen Abbot’s best-selling book, Sin in the Second City, is loaded with details about Chicago’s seedy side. Hear Abbot discuss what her research ... (more)uncovered to tell the tale of the Everleigh Club, one of the nation’s most famous brothels, and the "lounges" that occupied the city’s notorious levee district.

Discuss the fascinating history, Sin in the Second City by Karen Abbott with our Saturday night drop-in book club.We meet every other month, usually the last Saturday at 8:00pm. Our book choices are usually a little edgier than the traditional book club fare, and our discussions are focused yet fun. ... (more)After about an hour talking about the book, most of us head to a bar or coffee shop to socialize. This helps us spend our book club time talking openly and in-depth about the book, then gives us a great opportunity to bond with fellow readers afterwards. Everyone is welcome to take part in the discussion, and all are encouraged to join us for social time after, too. Remember, they're Saturday nights starting at 8:00.

Discuss the fascinating history, Sin in the Second City by Karen Abbott with our Saturday night drop-in book club.We meet every other month, usually the last Saturday at 8:00pm, but we're doing one week earlier in November due to Thanksgiving. Our book choices are usually a little edgier than the traditional ... (more)book club fare, and our discussions are focused yet fun. After about an hour talking about the book, most of us head to a bar or coffee shop to socialize. This helps us spend our book club time talking openly and in-depth about the book, then gives us a great opportunity to bond with fellow readers afterwards. Everyone is welcome to take part in the discussion, and all are encouraged to join us for social time after, too. Remember, they're Saturday nights starting at 8:00.

A hot title for hot July!This group is full. Please check our other groups for space.

Karen Abbott will be signing her book Sin in the Second City.

Documenting the most famous brothel in America, The Everleigh Club, and how it was run, Sin in the Second City is an intriguing non-fiction account of life on the seamy side. Discussing the both the famous clients and the famous reformers who tried to put the brothel out of business, this book reads ... (more)like fiction while being informative.

Please join us as gifted author and historian, Karen Abbott, celebrates the paperback release of her excellent book, Sin in the Second City, Madames, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul.

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Philadelphia native Karen Abbott probes the inner workings of Chicago’s infamous Everleigh Club brothel—which operated from 1900 to 1911—and the private lives of Ada and Minna Everleigh, the brothel’s larger-than-life madams, in her New York Times bestseller Sin in the ... (more)Second City.

The Edgebrook Branch and the Edgebrook Historical Society welcome author Karen Abbott who will discuss her best-selling first book Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys and the Battle for America’s Soul.