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Scribner
January 2015
On Sale: January 6, 2015
256 pages
ISBN: 1476786569
EAN: 9781476786568
Kindle: B00IWTWFF4
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Fiction
From “a top-notch emerging writer with a crisp and often
poetic voice and wily, intelligent humor” (The Boston
Globe): a collection of stories that explores the lives
of talented, gutsy women throughout history.
The
fascinating lives of the characters in Almost Famous
Women have mostly been forgotten, but their stories are
burning to be told. Now Megan Mayhew Bergman, author of
Birds of a Lesser Paradise, resurrects these women,
lets them live in the reader’s imagination, so we can
explore their difficult choices. Nearly every story in this
dazzling collection is based on a woman who attained some
celebrity—she raced speed boats or was a conjoined twin in
show business; a reclusive painter of renown; a member of
the first all-female, integrated swing band. We see Lord
Byron’s illegitimate daughter, Allegra; Oscar Wilde’s
troubled niece, Dolly; West With the Night author
Beryl Markham; Edna St. Vincent Millay’s sister, Norma.
These extraordinary stories travel the world, explore the
past (and delve into the future), and portray fiercely
independent women defined by their acts of bravery, creative
impulses, and sometimes reckless decisions.
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