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A Book for Women’s History Month

March 1, 2015 by ElCicco 2 Comments

This battle of wills was real and she would win. She would give herself fully. This moment was falling in love. [from “A High-Grade Bitch Sits Down for Lunch” about Beryl Markham] The sunrise is beautiful … but it will never be enough. She was questioning then, as she does now: what makes you empty and what makes you full? [from “Hazel Eaton and the Wall of Death”] Almost Famous Women is a collection of fictional short stories about real women who have appeared in […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Almost Famous Women, CBR7, ElCicco, Fiction, Megan Mayhew Bergman, ReadWomen, short stories, Women's History Month

ElCicco's CBR7 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Almost Famous Women, CBR7, ElCicco, Fiction, Megan Mayhew Bergman, ReadWomen, short stories, Women's History Month ·
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