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Published: Fri, 03/11/22

March 11, 2022

Hello ,

My reading stack just got higher.

I discovered some incredible women I'd never heard of before last week. And of course, new books about them!

Coming up next Tuesday, is a very special Women's History Month event offered by a string of small independent bookstores throughout the country. It's virtual, so you can enjoy it from your own couch.

It features four dynamic female authors for a conversation about forgotten women in history and discussion of their newest releases.

I'm not sure if attendance is limited, but I've already got my free ticket! You can get yours here.

Full details below!

Here's a rundown of the books!

You may remember Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women (My interview with author Kate Moore here). If you liked that one, you won't want to miss her newest book The Woman They Could Not Silence.

From the publisher: The year is 1860. As the clash between the states rolls slowly to a boil, Elizabeth Packard, housewife and mother of six, is facing her own battle. The enemy sits across the table and sleeps in the next room.

Her husband of twenty-one years is plotting against her because he feels increasingly threatened – by Elizabeth’s intellect, independence, and unwillingness to stifle her own thoughts. So Theophilus makes a plan to put his wife back in her place. One summer morning, he has her committed to an insane asylum.

"Moore's expert research and impassioned storytelling combine to create an absolutely unputdownable account of Packard's harrowing experience. Readers will be shocked, horrified, and inspired. A veritable tour de force about how far women's rights have come and how far we still have to go...Put this book in the hands of every young feminist." ― Booklist, STARRED review.

The Next Ship Home: A Novel of Ellis Island by Heather Webb is inspired by the true events of dark secrets at Ellis Island, when entry promised a better life but often delivered something drastically different, and when immigrant strength and female friendship found ways to triumph even on the darkest days.

"An unflinching look at the immigrant experience, an unlikely and unique friendship, and a resonant story of female empowerment."—Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman with the Blue Star.

New York Times bestselling powerhouse Marie Benedict's new book is Her Hidden Genius.

Rosalind Franklin changed the world with her discovery. Three men took the credit.

Marie Benedict's powerful new novel sines a light on the woman who died to make a world-changing scientific discovery of our very DNA, a woman whose thinking was suppressed by the men around her but whose relentless drive gave us profound knowledge of humankind.

"Brings to life Franklin's grit and spirit...an important contribution to the historical record." —The Washington Post

The Double Life of Katharine Clark is the untold true story of how a trailblazing journalist exposed the truth about Communism to the world, written by her great-niece by Katharine Gregorio.

From the publisher: In 1955, Katharine Clark, the first American woman wire reporter behind the Iron Curtain, saw something none of her male colleagues did. What followed became one of the most unusual adventure stories of the Cold War. While on assignment in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Clark befriended a man who, by many definitions, was her enemy. But she saw something in Milovan Djilas, a high-ranking Communist leader who dared to question the ideology he helped establish, that made her want to work with him. It became the assignment of her life.

"Gregorio debuts with a rousing and rigorously researched biography of her great-aunt Katharine Clark...a fitting tribute to a pioneering female journalist."
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"Reads like thriller fiction."
MAJOR GENERAL MARI K. EDER, author of The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line

Register for this virtual author event here.

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All that was just a warm-up for my virtual book launch! I hope you'll attend.

Virtual Book Launch for CLOSE-UP ON WAR
April 1st at 7pm (Pacific)
From the comfort of your own home, you can join my virtual book launch with your phone, tablet or computer. Click here to register

If you're in the Spokane, WA, area, you are cordially invited to my real, live, in-person book launch at Auntie's Bookstore.

Auntie's Bookstore
March 22 at 7pm
402 West Main Avenue, Spokane

Check out what I have planned. Aunties requires proof of vaccination for all instore events.

Aunties Bookstore is now offering autographed copies of all my books! You can order them here...

Until next week...

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