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Almost famous women [large type] : stories / Megan Mayhew Bergman.

by Bergman, Megan Mayhew.

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Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, A part of gale, Cengage Learning, 2015.

Women -- Fiction.

Short stories, American.

9781410479570 (large print)

1410479579 (large print)

Thorndike Press large print peer picks.

327 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.

Large Print edition.

The pretty, grown-together children -- The siege at Whale Cay -- Norma Millay's film noir period -- Romaine remains -- Hazel Eaton and the Wall of Death -- The autobiography of Allegra Byron -- Expression theory -- Saving Butterfly McQueen -- Who killed Dolly Wilder -- A high-grade bitch sits down for lunch -- The internees -- The lottery, redux -- Hell-diving women.

The fascinating lives of the characters in Almost Famous Women have mostly been forgotten, but their stories are burning to be told. Nearly every story in this collection is based on a woman who attained some celebrity -- she raced speed boats or was a conjoined twin in show business; a reclusive painter of renown; a member of the first all-female, integrated swing band. We see Lord Byron's illegitimate daughter, Allegra; Oscar Wilde's troubled niece, Dolly; West With the Night author Beryl Markham; Edna St. Vincent Millay's sister, Norma. These extraordinary stories travel the world, explore the past (and delve into the future), and portray fiercely independent women defined by their acts of bravery, creative impulses, and sometimes reckless decisions.

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