05590cam a2200469 4500 233387784 TxAuBib 20150605120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780345527578 0345527577 B004J4WJY8 Amazon a6db5f27-4e6e-479e-bff0-90e99c7523c2 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 198599 525343 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Benjamin, Melanie. The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb [Libby eBook] : A Novel. Random House Publishing Group, 2011. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3833kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:BONUS: This edition contains a timeline, an interview with Melanie Benjamin, and an excerpt from Melanie Benjamin's Alice I Have Been. For anyone who loves the historical novels of Sara Gruen, Geraldine Brooks, and E. L. Doctorow, a barnstorming tale of an irrepressible, brawling, bawdy era and the remarkable woman who had the courage to match the unique spirit of America's Gilded Age. She was only two feet, eight inches tall, but more than a century later, her legend reaches out to us. As a child, Mercy Lavinia "Vinnie" Warren Bump was encouraged to live a life hidden away from the public. Instead, she reached out to the immortal impresario P. T. Barnum, married the tiny superstar General Tom Thumb in the wedding of the century, and became the world's most unexpected celebrity. Vinnie's wedding captivated the nation, preempted coverage of the Civil War, and even ushered her into the White House. But her fame also endangered the person she prized most: her similarly sized sister, Minnie, a gentle soul unable to escape the glare of Vinnie's spotlight. A barnstorming novel of the Gilded Age, The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb is the irresistible epic of a heroine who conquered the country with a heart as big as her dreams--and whose story will surely win over yours. Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more.. HTML:"Lavinia Warren was only thirty-two inches tall, but in Melanie Benjamin's The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb she soars above the tumult of Gilded Age America. Benjamin makes her a woman of courage and refinement with an itch for adventure and ambitions that far outstrip her size. I enjoyed every minute I spent with Vinnie in this exuberant, absorbing, elegantly written novel.". HTML:Carol Wallace, author of Leaving Van Gogh. "Melanie Benjamin's striking novel about the diminutive Lavinia Warren Bump, one of P. T. Barnum's 'oddities,' shows that love and desire, strength and ambition, come in all sizes. Mrs. Tom Thumb brings out the humanity in all of us.". HTML:Sandra Dallas, New York Times bestselling author of The Bride's Home and Whiter Than Snow. "Vinnie Bump is one of the most engaging characters to come along in a while. Nineteenth-century women had few options; Vinnie had fewer yet. Melanie Benjamin renders her deeply human in a no-nonsense Olive Kitteridge sort of way. Readers will not soon forget her. I know I won't.". HTML:Johanna Moran, author of The Wives of Henry Oades. "By turns heart-rending and thrilling, this big-hearted book recounts a fictionalized life of this most extraordinary of women in prose that is lush and details that are meticulously researched. I loved this book.". HTML:Sara Gruen, New York Times bestselling author of Ape House and Water for Elephants. "Benjamin handles the era of mid-nineteenth-century America like a native, telling a walloping good story about a tiny person with the soul of a giant. The lovely Lavinia Bump once again comes alive, and we're all the richer because of it.". HTML:Ellen Bryson, author of The Transformation of Bartholomew Fortuno. "Melanie Benjamin has created a compelling heroine, whose dramatic and poignant story will capture the reader's heart to the last page.". HTML:Stephanie Cowell, author of Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet and Marrying Mozart. Historical Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Romance. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-05 20:00:03. http://camellia.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=a6db5f27-4e6e-479e-bff0-90e99c7523c2 http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/A6D/B5F/27/AutobiographyofMrsTomThumbANovel9780345527578.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=A6DB5F27-4E6E-479E-BFF0-90E99C7523C2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/A6D/B5F/27/AutobiographyofMrsTomThumbANovel9780345527578.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=A6DB5F27-4E6E-479E-BFF0-90E99C7523C2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/A6D/B5F/27/AutobiographyofMrsTomThumbANovel9780345527578.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=A6DB5F27-4E6E-479E-BFF0-90E99C7523C2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)