Almost Famous Women: Stories

 256 Pages

Publisher: Scribner

Release Date: January 6, 2015

This book covers the short peek into the lives of not so famous women.

Violet and Daisy Hilton – conjoined twins from the 1930s

M.B. “Joe” Carstairs – fastest woman on water (Georgie in the story sounds like a Weeki Wachee mermaid even though it says she is from Sarasota, Florida)

Norma Millay – singer and actress 1910s

Romaine Brooks – artist 1920s

Hazel Marion Eaton Watkins – performer 1920s

Allegra Bryon – illegitimate daughter of Lord Byron 1810s

Lucia Joyce – dancer 1920s

Butterfly McQueen – actress 1940s

Dolly Wilde – niece of Oscar Wilde

Beryl Markham – author 1930s

Tiny Davis – musician 1940s

This is an interesting book of little-known women. It is written in story form in first and third person points of view. Each story is a chapter long so it is only a small glimpse into each life.