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Martha Conway
Martha Conway is the author of THIEVING FOREST, which won the North American Book Award for Best Historical Fiction, and 12 BLISS STREET, which was nominated for an Edgar Award. Her short fiction has appeared in The Iowa Review, The Carolina Quarterly, The Massachusetts Review, The Mississippi... show more

Martha Conway is the author of THIEVING FOREST, which won the North American Book Award for Best Historical Fiction, and 12 BLISS STREET, which was nominated for an Edgar Award. Her short fiction has appeared in The Iowa Review, The Carolina Quarterly, The Massachusetts Review, The Mississippi Review, Folio, Epoch, and other journals. She is the recipient of a California Arts Council fellowship, and has taught creative writer at UC Berkeley Extension and the Online Writer's Studio at Stanford University.
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100 Pages A Day...Stephanie's Book Reviews
May Bedloe is the seamstress for her famous actress cousin, Comfort Vertue. May has been with Comfort since her parents passed away and feels secure in her routine and Comfort's knowledge of May's irregularities. May has always been very direct in her speech and has a hard time with anything that ...
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Eve Riser is a pianist on the jazz circuit in prohibition-era Illinois. She is caught up in a violent crime while on the circuit. Fearing that she would be connected to the crime, Eva is sent to Chicago to work and stay with her step-sister, Chickie. When she arrives Eva quickly finds herself in...
Lagniappe Literature
Lagniappe Literature rated it 8 years ago
Great story but I should've read it instead. Didn't care for the narrarator's (Soneela Nankani) interpretation. Lacked emotion in voice at pivotal moments. Some of her male voices came off creepy. That said, the actual written story was wonderful. I regret that I switched back and forth between book...
Marjorie's World of Books
Marjorie's World of Books rated it 9 years ago
I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway. Thanks to Martha Conway for this book and for the sneak preview of her next book "The Floating Theatre"! The book sounded good to me so I entered the giveaway and I was pleased to find out what a good book it in fact is.The story of these young women is a f...
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