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Ecstasy: A Novel
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Part cautionary tale and part triumph of the feminist spirit, the true Alma Mahler is revealed: composer, author, daughter, sister, mother, wife, lover, and muse.
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Mary Sharratt
MARY SHARRATT, the author of seven critically acclaimed novels, is on a mission to write strong women back into history. Her novels include Daughters of the Witching Hill, the Nautilus Award–winning Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen,The Dark Lady’s Mask: A Novel of Shakespeare’s Muse, and Ecstasy, about the life, loves, and music of Alma Mahler. She is an American who lives in Lancashire, England.
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