{"product_id":"almost-famous-women-stories-paperback","title":"Almost Famous Women: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMegan Mayhew Bergman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\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).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMegan Mayhew Bergman is the author of \u003ci\u003eAlmost Famous Women \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBirds of a Lesser Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e. Her short fiction has appeared in two volumes of \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and on NPR's\u003ci\u003e Selected Shorts. \u003c\/i\u003eShe has written columns on climate change and the natural world for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review. \u003c\/i\u003eHer work has been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOrion\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She teaches literature and environmental writing at Middlebury College, where she also serves as director of the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers' Conference. She lives on a small farm in Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 14, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42118049595527,"sku":"9781476788814","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/f7ecb751e84e7c0b400192a2feb8e0dc.webp?v=1732529988","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/almost-famous-women-stories-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}