Book description
From A Vindication of the Rights of Woman to Frankenstein, a tale of two literary legends—a mother and daughter—discovering each other and finding themselves along the way, from USA Today bestselling author Stephanie Marie Thornton.
1792. As a child, Mary Wollstonecraft longed to disappear during her father’s violent rages. Instead,…
Why read it?
2 authors picked Her Lost Words as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I loved this tale about the extraordinary Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter, Mary Shelley.
Thoroughly researched, this novel delves deep into the complex relationship of a daughter who never knew her infamous, trailblazing, rule-breaking, feminist mother and how that same daughter breaks the mold in her own way by inventing the science fiction genre in writing Frankenstein.
The legacy of each of these women still endures!
From Stephanie's list on historical fiction women who changed the world.
One of the reasons I love writing is that it enables me to shine a light on female historical figures who have not always received the attention they deserve, so when I saw this novel featuring the powerful mother-daughter combo of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley, I did not hesitate to download it.
I don’t always enjoy dual timeline novels, but this one was so well done and the women’s stories so captivating that it worked better than had it been written strictly chronologically. Though I wished for happier endings for the authors of A Vindication of the Rights of…
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