{"product_id":"almost-famous-women-book-megan-mayhew-bergman-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\u003e The 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\u003e Other 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\u003e The 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":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49537678934289,"sku":"GOR007777670","price":8.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49754520846609,"sku":"CIN1476788812G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51028611268881,"sku":"NIN9781476788814","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51694607302929,"sku":"CIN1476788812VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1476788812.jpg?v=1751338845","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/almost-famous-women-book-megan-mayhew-bergman-9781476788814","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}