The North Carolina native has become almost completely northernized thanks to life on her Vermont farm which she shares with her veterinarian husband, their two young daughters, and a slew of feathered and four-legged critters. Almost Famous Women is "addictive and tantalizing, each story whetting our appetite for more" ( Atlanta Journal-Constitution).There is almost no drawl left in Megan Bergman’s voice. The world wasn't always kind to the women who star in these stories, but through Mayhew Bergman's stunning imagination, they receive the attention they deserve. "By assiduously depicting their intimacy and power struggles, Bergman allows for a close examination of the multiplicity of women's experiences" ( The New York Times Book Review). Almost Famous Women offers an elegant and intimate look at artists who desired recognition. Vincent Millay's talented sister, Norma James Joyce's daughter, Lucia. Other heroines, born in proximity to the spotlight, struggle to distinguish themselves: Lord Byron's illegitimate daughter, Allegra Oscar Wilde's wild niece, Dolly Edna St.
In "Hell-Diving Women," the first integrated, all-girl swing band sparks a violent reaction in North Carolina. In "A High-Grade Bitch Sits Down for Lunch," aviator and writer Beryl Markham lives alone in Nairobi and engages in a battle of wills with a stallion. In "The Siege at Whale Cay," cross-dressing Standard Oil heiress Joe Carstairs seduces Marlene Dietrich. The fascinating characters in Megan Mayhew Bergman's "collection of stories as beautiful and strange as the women who inspired them" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review) are defined by their creative impulses, fierce independence, and sometimes reckless decisions. "These stories linger in one's memory long after reading them" ( Star Tribune, Minneapolis). From a prizewinning, beloved young author, a provocative collection that explores the lives of colorful, intrepid women in history.
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