Terrible Virtue

A biographical novel of the women’s rights pioneer and founder of Planned Parenthood: “well-researched . . . elegiac as well as triumphant” (Kirkus).

Terrible Virtue recounts the compelling story of one of the most fascinating and influential figures of the twentieth century: Margaret Sanger—an indomitable woman who, at great personal cost, shaped the sexual landscape we inhabit today.

The daughter ...