Fiction Old and New will be discussing an exciting debut novel, "The Secrets
of Mary Bowser" by Lois Leveen has been posted to the Fiction Old and New
Archives and can also be found on the front page of
http://accessibleworld.org/ under the "Recent Content" heading.
The link to the full description of the archive is below:
http://accessibleworld.org/content/fiction-old-and-new-will-be-discussing-ex
citing-debut-novel-secrets-mary-bowser-lois-leveen
The link to download the file is below:
http://accessibleworld.org/sites/default/files/fiction-old-and-new-06-09-15.
mp3
Fiction Old and New description:
The book is based on the real life Mary Bowser who was born a slave, went to
Philadelphia to be educated after she and her mother were freed, and then
served as a spy in the Confederate White House during the Civil War. This
is a book which reaches across genres with its adventure, family, romance
and historical fiction storylines. The BARD annotation is below.
We hope you can join us on Tuesday, June 9 to discuss this interesting book.
Co-Hosts:
Sherry Wells sherrywells1157@xxxxxxxxx
Michelle Bernstein michellebbbernstein@xxxxxxxxx
The BARD annotation is here:
The secrets of Mary Bowser DB 80053
Leveen, Lois. Reading time 15 hours, 9 minutes.
Read by Martha Harmon Pardee. A production of the National Library Service
for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.
Subjects: Historical Fiction
Description: Fictional account of the life of Mary Bowser. Born into slavery
in Virginia, she is emancipated and sent to Philadelphia for an education.
But she returns to Virginia to care for her father and become a spy in the
Confederate White House. Some violence and some descriptions of sex. 2012.
If you are interested, here is a link to a 30 minute interview with author
Lois Leveen about "The Secrets of Mary Bowser" on the Writers Voice
podcast:
http://www.writersvoice.net/2013/03/lois-leveen-eve-laplante/
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