{"product_id":"almost-famous-women-book-megan-mayhew-bergman-9781476786568","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 \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).","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50384960422161,"sku":"CIN1476786569G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51417136365841,"sku":"CIN1476786569VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53367893197073,"sku":"GOR008064431","price":10.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1476786569.jpg?v=1751273787","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/almost-famous-women-book-megan-mayhew-bergman-9781476786568","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}