Listen, World!: How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America's Most-Read Woman

Author:   Allison Gilbert ,  Julia Scheeres ,  Bernadette Dunn
Publisher:   Blackstone Publishing
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Publication Date:   27 September 2022
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Author:   Allison Gilbert ,  Julia Scheeres ,  Bernadette Dunn
Publisher:   Blackstone Publishing
Imprint:   Blackstone Publishing
ISBN:  

9798212283489


Publication Date:   27 September 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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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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