{"product_id":"almost-famous-women-isbn-9781476788814","title":"Almost Famous Women","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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).","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48682548855013,"sku":"NP9781476788814","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_af0da863-7ab5-4c33-9e78-0b3841f4a0e8.jpg?v=1775168251","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/almost-famous-women-isbn-9781476788814","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}