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The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb
by Melanie Benjamin
Thank you to Firstreads for the opportunity to read this book before its release in August.
The story of Lavinia "Vinnie" Warren Bump reads part history and part love story. At little more than two feet tall, Vinnie rises from obscurity to a life of entertainment, first on Riverboats prior to the Civil War, and then retreating to the north to perform under P.T. Barnum's American Museum. Relecting on the plight of woman in general in the latter 1800's, Vinnie forges her own destiny despite daunting societal and physical barriers.
This book was purely amazing to read; I simply could not put it down. Before I finished, I had already secured the author's previous work,"Alice I Have Been", from our local library. If you enjoyed "Water for Elephants" or "Chang and Eng", this book is for you!
The story of Lavinia "Vinnie" Warren Bump reads part history and part love story. At little more than two feet tall, Vinnie rises from obscurity to a life of entertainment, first on Riverboats prior to the Civil War, and then retreating to the north to perform under P.T. Barnum's American Museum. Relecting on the plight of woman in general in the latter 1800's, Vinnie forges her own destiny despite daunting societal and physical barriers.
This book was purely amazing to read; I simply could not put it down. Before I finished, I had already secured the author's previous work,"Alice I Have Been", from our local library. If you enjoyed "Water for Elephants" or "Chang and Eng", this book is for you!