The Lives of Diamond Bessie
A Novel
$31.91
- Paperback
1 pages
- Release Date
5 April 2022
Summary
Diamonds aren’t always a girl’s best friend.
Pregnant out of wedlock, sixteen-year-old Annie Moore is sent to live at a convent for fallen women. When the nuns take her baby, Annie escapes, determined to find a way to be reunited with her daughter. But few rights or opportunities are available to a woman in the 1860s, and after failing to find a respectable job, Annie resorts to prostitution in order to survive.
As a highly sought-after demi-mondaine,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781684631179 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1684631173 |
| Author: | Jody Hadlock |
| Publisher: | She Writes Press |
| Imprint: | SparkPress |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 1 |
| Release Date: | 5 April 2022 |
| Weight: | 430g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
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2023 Eric Hoffer Book Award Winner in Commercial Fiction2022 Foreword INDIES Finalist in Mystery (Adult Fiction)2022 Sarton Awards Finalist in Historical Fiction2022 CIBA Goethe Book Awards Winner2022 Global Book Awards Gold Medal in Women’s Fiction2022 Global Book Awards Silver Medal in Mystery (Historical Fiction)2022 PenCraft Book Awards First Place Winner in Fiction (Supernatural)2022 NYC Big Book Awards Distinguished Favorite in Paranormal Mystery/Thriller2022 American Fiction Awards Winner in Cross Genre Fiction2022 American Fiction Awards Finalist in Historical Fiction, Mystery/Suspense: Historical, and Women’s Fiction2022 Firebird Book Awards First Place Winner in Crime Fiction2022 Firebird Book Awards Second Place Winner in Cross Genre2022 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist in Paranormal and Finalist in Suspense2022 IPPY Awards Bronze Winner in Historical Fiction2023 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards Gold Medal Winner in Fiction: General“[A] genre-bending debut novel… . There’s an impressive deliberateness in the way that Hadlock present her themes… The novel also skillfully uses foreshadowing to create a suspenseful atmosphere without giving the game away… . An often engaging and inventive character study.” —Kirkus Reviews“Drawing on a true story, Hadlock uses authentic period detail and well-drawn characters to pull readers into Annie/Bessie’s precarious journey toward redemption, which comes to an unexpected ending. This affecting tale of a 19th-century American woman struggling to prove her worth other than as a marriage prospect leaves a lasting impression.” —Publishers Weekly “Hadlock’s unvarnished, sympathetic portrayal makes Bessie’s hardscrabble existence all the more heart-wrenching and transforms Bessie into a feminist heroine. The Lives of Diamond Bessie is a picaresque, a courtroom drama, and a ghost story rolled into one, celebrating the heart and soul of a woman done wrong.” — Mark Beauregard, author of The Whale: A Love Story “Fast-paced, richly observed, and populated with vibrant characters, The Lives of Diamond Bessie is unputdownable.” —Adrienne Brodeur, author of the bestseller Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me
About The Author
Jody Hadlock
Jody Hadlock’s love of history goes all the way back to junior high, when she was a member of the Junior Historians of Texas—so it’s no surprise her first novel is historical. She studied journalism at Texas A&M University and worked as a broadcast journalist and then in nonprofit public relations before turning her focus to fiction. She also writes screenplays and won the 2020 Dallas International Film Festival’s screenplay contest. She lives in Colleyville, TX.
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