THE BEAUTIFUL WIFE
Three Novellas
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"A stunning achievement. A great read!"
These historical novellas by author Adrienne Wolfert recreate the lives of three American women who, spurred by their own humanity and courage, go beyond their traditional roles to change history.
The End of March-In 1965, Congress introduces the Voting Rights Act. Ten thousand people show their support by joining the Civil Rights march behind Martin Luther King. Willi Carotti leaves her family to volunteer as a transport driver on the march, but as a result, her marriage splits into two very separate journeys.
The Beautiful Wife-Hailed as La Belle Americaine, Elizabeth Monroe arrives in Paris with her husband, James, the American ambassador to France. But Elizabeth quickly learns about the horror of the French Revolution when her friend, Adrienne Lafayette, is scheduled to be guillotined.
The Queen of America- "But where is he, what is he doing, who is he away from me?" Martha Washington embarks on a dangerous journey
About the Author
About the Author?
Adrienne Wolfert, B.A., Barnard College, ?45, MFA, Vermont College, ?66, is author of two novels and several collections of poetry. Her poems have been recorded at the Library of Congress on invitation of William Meredith. For seven years, she wrote a column for the Connecticut Jewish Ledger called Silence is Intolerable.
She won two Connecticut State Commission on the Arts Grants for her novels, American People and?Twelve O?clock Bus. Mount of Vision was runner-up in the AWP, American Writers Program Award. She was the alternate in the Delacorte Books for Young Readers Award.
She was a fellow at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Yaddo and Millay Colony for the Arts. She has read her work widely in New York and New England areas, besides teaching writing at Skidmore College, Fairfield University and other universities. Her favorite honor was to be an exchange fiction writer with Peredelkino Writers? Colony in Moscow.
Adrienne was an editor of Poet Lore for many years, and is now a contributing short story editor to The Country and Abroad.