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The first biography of Elsie Robinson, the most influential newspaper columnist you've never heard of At thirty-five, Elsie Robinson feared she'd lost it all. Reeling from a scandalous divorce in 1917, she had no means to support herself and her chronically ill son. She dreamed of becoming a writer and was willing to sacrifice everything for this goal, even swinging a pickax in a gold mine to pay the bills. When the mine shut down, she moved to the Bay Area. Armed with moxie and samples of her work, she barged into the offices of the Oakland Tribune and was hired on the spot. She went on to become a nationally syndicated columnist and household name whose column ran for over thirty years and garnered fifty million readers. Told in cinematic detail by bestselling author Julia Scheeres and award-winning journalist Allison Gilbert, Listen, World! is the inspiring story of a timeless maverick, capturing what it means to take a gamble on self-fulfillment and find freedom along the way.

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Listen, World! is the rarest of things--a lively piece of unknown history, a marvelous story of a woman's triumph, and a tremendous read. Scheeres and Gilbert have managed the trifecta, and we readers are the better for it. -- Susan Orlean, New York Times bestselling author Broadminded, sharp-witted, fast-paced, and funny. It reads like a breezy novel that lingers long after you've read the last page. -- Debby Applegate, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Open this well-crafted and entertaining biography and it will become abundantly clear why Elsie Robinson was once one of this nation's most celebrated and beloved columnists...For decades, readers by the millions turned to Robinson for a dash of hope and a dose of encouragement. Now thanks to Scheeres and Gilbert, millions of twenty-first century readers can too. -- James McGrath Morris, author of Pulitzer The long-forgotten 'most interesting woman in the world' comes vividly to life in this captivating new biography. Listen, World! is an important read, particularly as we work to bolster women's overlooked place in history. -- Lisa Napoli, author of Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie

"Listen, World! is the rarest of things--a lively piece of unknown history, a marvelous story of a woman's triumph, and a tremendous read. Scheeres and Gilbert have managed the trifecta, and we readers are the better for it. -- ""Susan Orlean, New York Times bestselling author"" Broadminded, sharp-witted, fast-paced, and funny. It reads like a breezy novel that lingers long after you've read the last page. -- ""Debby Applegate, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian"" Open this well-crafted and entertaining biography and it will become abundantly clear why Elsie Robinson was once one of this nation's most celebrated and beloved columnists...For decades, readers by the millions turned to Robinson for a dash of hope and a dose of encouragement. Now thanks to Scheeres and Gilbert, millions of twenty-first century readers can too. -- ""James McGrath Morris, author of Pulitzer"" The long-forgotten 'most interesting woman in the world' comes vividly to life in this captivating new biography. Listen, World! is an important read, particularly as we work to bolster women's overlooked place in history. -- ""Lisa Napoli, author of Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie"""

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Allison Gilbert is an award-winning journalist and author of numerous books including Passed and Present and Parentless Parents. She lives outside New York City. Julia Scheeres is the author of the New York Times-bestselling memoir Jesus Land and the award-winning A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Jonestown. She lives in Northern California.

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