The Very Secretive and Passionate Stella Miles Franklin by Alexandra Lapierre - ISBN: 9781787706743
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Fiery debut, scandalous life, literary legend: a woman ahead of her time.
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The Very Secretive and Passionate Stella Miles Franklin

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    496 pages

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    14 April 2026

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Summary

Australia, 1901. Just twenty years old and the daughter of struggling bush farmers, Miles Franklin pulls off the impossible-publishing My Brilliant Career, a fiery, fearless debut that takes the English-speaking world by storm. She hides behind a male pseudonym, but when her true identity is revealed, the backlash is swift and brutal.

Alone, broke, and undaunted, Miles sails for America. What follows is a wild, inspiring journey: years of activism, deep friendships, exhilarating love …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781787706743
ISBN-10:1787706745
Author:Alexandra Lapierre, Tina Kover
Publisher:Europa Editions (UK) Ltd
Imprint:Europa Editions (UK) Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:496
Release Date:14 April 2026
Weight:612g
Dimensions:38mm x 235mm x 155mm
About The Author

Alexandra Lapierre

Alexandra Lapierre is a bestselling French novelist, short story writer, and biographer. She graduated from Sorbonne University and the University of Southern California. Among her works that bring back to life great women and characters neglected by history is the international bestseller Artemisia. Her books have been published in more than twenty countries.

Tina Kover is a literary translator whose works include The Black City by George Sand, and Adelaïde Bon’s The Little Girl on the Ice Floe. For Europa she translated Disoriental by Négar Djavadi, and Older Brother by Mahir Guven.

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