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By Any Other Name

By: Jodi Picoult
Narrated by: Billie Fulford-Brown, Jodi Picoult, Jayne Entwistle, Andrew Fallaize, Joe Jameson, John Lee, Nicholas Guy Smith, Simon Vance, Steve West, Laura Benanti
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Summary

In Elizabethan London, young Emilia Bassano is a ward of English aristocrats. Her education has endowed her with a sharp wit and a gift for storytelling, but still she is allowed no voice of her own.

Forced to become a mistress to the Lord Chamberlain, who oversees the theatre, Emilia discovers the power of stories to beguile audiences. Secretly, she forms a plan to bring a play of her own to the stage – by paying an actor named William Shakespeare to front her work.

In modern-day Manhattan, playwright Melina Green finds a woman's voice is still worth less than a man's. But, inspired by the life of her ancestor Emilia Bassano, Melina takes a lesson from history and submits a play under a male pseudonym ...

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©2024 Jodi Picoult (P)2024 Penguin Random House LLC
Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Shakespeare
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Critic reviews

'Her best one yet. Jodi Picoult has combined her trademark research with an astonishing and heart-rending story, embedded in truth, and turned it into a gripping novel.' (JoJo Moyes, author of Me Before You)
'Had me absolutely captivated ... I loved all the questions this novel raised about who gets to tell which stories and how complex that can become. Jodi Picoult is a genius.' (Jennifer Saint, Sunday Times bestselling author of Ariadne)
'Timely and affecting ... Picoult’s many, many fans will pounce on her latest incisive, pot-stirring tale.' (Booklist, starred)
'You’ll fall in love with Emilia Bassano, the unforgettable heroine based on a real woman that Picoult brings vividly to life. Book clubs will embrace this rich, inspiring story.' (Kristin Hannah, author of The Nightingale)
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