Almost famous women stories

A collection of stories that explores the lives of talented, gutsy women throughout history. Now Megan Mayhew Bergman resurrects these women, lets them live in the reader's imagination, so we can explore their difficult choices. Nearly every story in this collection is based on a woman who attained...

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Main Author: Bergman, Megan Mayhew
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, c2015.
Edition:1st Scribner hardcover ed.
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505 0 |a Pretty, grown-together children -- Siege at Whale Cay -- Norma Millay's film noir period -- Romaine remains -- Hazel Eaton and the wall of death -- Autobiography of Allegra Byron -- Expression theory -- Saving Butterfly McQueen -- Who killed Dolly Wilde? -- High-grade bitch sits down for lunch -- Internees -- Lottery, redux -- Hell-diving women. 
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