Download or read book The Hard-boiled Virgin written by Frances Newman and published by Brown Thrasher Books. This book was released on 1980 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1926, this somewhat avant-garde, semi-autobiographical novel is about Atlantan Katharine Faraday, who, after numerous anguishing relations with men, chooses a career and independence over marriage and motherhood.