Sins of the Seventh Sister: A Novel Based on a True Story of the Gothic South

In October, Glimmerglass Opera created a simple online suvey to discover what audience members would like to read next for the Glimmerglass Opera Book Club.

You voted, and more than 40 percent of you preferred to read Sins of the Seventh Sister: A Novel Based on a True Story of the Gothic South by Huston Curtiss. Courtesans: Money, Sex and Fame in the Nineteenth Century by Katie Hickman and Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir followed closely in second and third place. The suggested books were chosen based on their similarities to La Traviata, an opera featured in Glimmerglass Opera’s 2009 Festival Season.

We look forward to reading Sins of the Seventh Sister with you. It is proving to be a stirring recolation of the prejudice and financial crises faced during the 1930s in the South.

Let us know what you think!