Fever casts a brilliant light over the life of a figure once
described as 'the most dangerous woman in America'. Mary Mallon, an
Irish immigrant in turn-of-the-century New York, is headstrong and
brave, a woman who has battled fiercely to better her lot in life
and keep her wayward lover Alfred on the straight and narrow. She
works her way up the ranks to cook for the wealthiest families in
Manhattan, but leaves a trail of death and disease in her wake.
When she is imprisoned in complete isolation, despite being
perfectly healthy herself, she refuses to understand her
paradoxical situation. Condemned by press and public alike, she is
branded a murderer, but continues to fight for her freedom. Mary
Beth Keane's fictional account is as fiercely compelling as Typhoid
Mary herself and Keane presents us with a very cleverly wrought
conundrum: was Mary Mallon a selfish monster, or was she a hounded
innocent?
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