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Book SynopsisFrom Zora Neale Hurston to Colette, Laura Ingalls Wilder to Charlotte Bronte, Harper Lee to Alice Walker, this title presents the stories of our beloved heroines and the writers who created them. It explores how the pluck and dignity of literary characters such as Jane Eyre and Lizzy Bennet can encourage women.
Trade Review"[A] delightful guide to what the heroines of some of the great novels by women writers, and those writers themselves can teach us about life." -- Beatrice.com "If you're stumped for your next pleasure book and want to submerse yourself in a literary past sprinkled with powerful, independent women like Jane Austen and Louisa May Alcott, Blakemore's book provides the perfect portal." -- New York Press "Blakemore finds comfort and inspiration in revisiting the tales of literature's leading ladies and exploring the lives of the women who spun them. [She] makes a charming case for rereading." -- Washington Post
