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O?Brien depicts the rift between two sisters ? famous author Harriet Beecher Stowe and suffragist Isabella Beecher Hooker ? in the aftermath of Henry Ward Beecher?s adultery trial in this vivid tale of a celebrated American family.
Touchstone
January 2008
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Featuring: Isabella Beecher Hooker; Harriet Beecher Stowe
320 pages
ISBN: 1416552200
EAN: 9781416552208
Hardcover
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It is 1887, and Henry Ward Beecher lies dying. Reporters
from around the world, eager for one last story about the
most lurid scandal of their time, descend on Brooklyn
Heights, their presence signaling the beginning of the
voracious appetite for fallen celebrities we know so well today. When Henry Ward Beecher was put on trial for adultery in
1875, the question of his guilt or innocence was ferociously
debated. His trial not only split the country, it split
apart his family, causing a particularly bitter rift between
his sisters, Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's
Cabin, and Isabella Beecher Hooker, an ardent suffragist.
Harriet remained loyal to Henry, while Isabella called
publicly for him to admit his guilt. What had been a loving,
close relationship between two sisters plummeted into bitter
blame and hurt. Harriet and Isabella each had a major role in the social
revolutions unfolding around them, but what happened in
their hearts when they were forced to face a question of
justice much closer to home? Now they struggle: who best
served Henry -- the one who was steadfast or the one who
demanded honesty?
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