| Mary Contributor(s): Newman, Janis Cooke (Author) |
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ISBN: 015603347X ISBN-13: 9780156033473 Publisher: Harper Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: From Marys tempestuous childhood in a slave-holding Southern family through the opium-clouded years after her husbands death, readers are let into the inner, intimate world of Mary Todd Lincoln. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Political |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007009884 |
| Physical Information: 1.6" H x 5.2" W x 8" (1.40 lbs) 640 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A fascinating and intimate novel of the life of Mary Todd Lincoln, narrated by the First Lady herself
Mary Todd Lincoln is one of history's most misunderstood and enigmatic women. She was a political strategist, a supporter of emancipation, and a mother who survived the loss of three children and the assassination of her beloved husband. She also ran her family into debt, held seances in the White House, and was committed to an insane asylum--which is where Janis Cooke Newman's debut novel begins. From her room in Bellevue Place, Mary chronicles her tempestuous childhood in a slaveholding Southern family and takes readers through the years after her husband's death, revealing the ebbs and flows of her passion and depression, her poverty and ridicule, and her ultimate redemption. |
Contributor Bio(s): Newman, Janis Cooke: - Janis Cooke Newman is the author of the memoir The Russian Word for Snow and most recently A Master Plan for Rescue. She lives in northern California. |