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A Woman of Independent Means

by Elizabeth Hailey
Barbara Rush
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Inspired by the author' s irrepressible grandmother, A Woman of Independent Means is a bestselling novel about Bess Steed Garner, a determined woman at the beginning of the twentieth century. At a time when women had few choices, Bess inherits a legacy— not only of wealth but of determination and desire. Following the novel' s success, the story was adapted into an acclaimed one-woman show starring Barbara Rush, and this audio presentation is Rush's tour de force performance of that play. Told entirely through letters, the action follows Bess' life from 1899, when she is in the fourth grade, to her death in 1977. What evolves is a moving portrait of a memorable character.
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Publisher: Phoenix Books, Inc. Edition: Abridged

OverDrive Listen audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781597776868
  • File size: 55609 KB
  • Release date: June 1, 2002
  • Duration: 01:55:51

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781597776868
  • File size: 55713 KB
  • Release date: June 1, 2002
  • Duration: 01:55:51
  • Number of parts: 2

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subjects

Fiction Literature Historical Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

Text Difficulty:9-12

Inspired by the author' s irrepressible grandmother, A Woman of Independent Means is a bestselling novel about Bess Steed Garner, a determined woman at the beginning of the twentieth century. At a time when women had few choices, Bess inherits a legacy— not only of wealth but of determination and desire. Following the novel' s success, the story was adapted into an acclaimed one-woman show starring Barbara Rush, and this audio presentation is Rush's tour de force performance of that play. Told entirely through letters, the action follows Bess' life from 1899, when she is in the fourth grade, to her death in 1977. What evolves is a moving portrait of a memorable character.
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Fiction Literature Historical Fiction