Ball, Heather. Remarkable women writers.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

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Date: 20061101
Author:Pucci, Anthony

BALL, Heather. Remarkable women writers. Second Story Press. 119p. illus. bibliogs. c2006. 1-897187-08-4. $795. J

Ball offers ten brief portraits of women authors, arranged chronologically by date of birth. Included are: Jane Austen, Harriet Beecher Stowe, George Eliot, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Toni Morrison, Joy Kogawa, Judy Blume, Margaret Atwood, and J.K. Rowling. What unifies the collection is not merely that each chapter focuses on a woman author, but rather that each is in some way "remarkable." Ball emphasizes that success for each of these writers came ...

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