{"product_id":"almost-famous-women-stories-9781476788814","title":"Almost Famous Women: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom a prizewinning, beloved young author, a provocative collection that explores the lives of colorful, intrepid women in history. \"These stories linger in one's memory long after reading them\" (\u003ci\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, Minneapolis).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe fascinating characters in Megan Mayhew Bergman's \"collection of stories as beautiful and strange as the women who inspired them\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) are defined by their creative impulses, fierce independence, and sometimes reckless decisions. In \"The Siege at Whale Cay,\" cross-dressing Standard Oil heiress Joe Carstairs seduces Marlene Dietrich. In \"A High-Grade Bitch Sits Down for Lunch,\" aviator and writer Beryl Markham lives alone in Nairobi and engages in a battle of wills with a stallion. In \"Hell-Diving Women,\" the first integrated, all-girl swing band sparks a violent reaction in North Carolina. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOther heroines, born in proximity to the spotlight, struggle to distinguish themselves: Lord Byron's illegitimate daughter, Allegra; Oscar Wilde's wild niece, Dolly; Edna St. Vincent Millay's talented sister, Norma; James Joyce's daughter, Lucia. \u003ci\u003eAlmost Famous Women\u003c\/i\u003e offers an elegant and intimate look at artists who desired recognition. \"By assiduously depicting their intimacy and power struggles, Bergman allows for a close examination of the multiplicity of women's experiences\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review).\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe world wasn't always kind to the women who star in these stories, but through Mayhew Bergman's stunning imagination, they receive the attention they deserve. \u003ci\u003eAlmost Famous Women\u003c\/i\u003e is \"addictive and tantalizing, each story whetting our appetite for more\" (\u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476788814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Megan Mayhew Bergman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42925028311221,"sku":"9781476788814","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_34e6718d-57b2-4976-a2d8-bb8fb219e93d.jpg?v=1687843964","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/almost-famous-women-stories-9781476788814","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}