The Prostitutes of Post Office Street

Skywater Fiction

Post Office Street drops its listeners into the red-light district of Galveston, where crooked cops and down-on-their-luck prostitutes dwell. Yet, in this seedy part of town, Carden paints a picture of hope as his main characters seek to break free from the ruts that their lives have fallen into.

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Reseñas de la Crítica

“Raw. Passionate. Tender. Vulnerable. Carden slips you into the hidden and wonderfully personal stories of these women and those close to them.”— Mari Ulmer, author of Midnight at the Camposanto

“Grade-A reading for any reader seeking a story of rising up.”— Midwest Book Review

A historical dive into the red-light district

A touching story about women, back in mid-1900s Galveston, struggling to survive the hardships that life has thrown their way.

An Intriguing Cast of Characters

The story opens with a shootout involving a plainclothes police officer named Billy Croft, establishing the dangerous world in which Carden's characters' life. From there, Carden introduces us to a compelling cast: Connie, the house's most sought-after prostitute who dreams of escaping her circumstances; Meg, an aging sex worker struggling with the end of a long-term relationship with a banker; Colby, the Black woman who manages the house while navigating an interracial relationship; and of course Billy Croft, the vice cop whose complex morality becomes increasingly central to the story.

I think that's what I enjoy most about this book, the cast of characters and how Carden wove them into each other's lives.