Description: Elizabeth, Mary, and Sophia Peabody were in many ways the "American Brontes." The story of these remarkable sisters--and their central role in shaping the thinking of their day--is told in Marshall's monumental biography.
Brief description:
Megan Marshall is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Margaret Fuller: A New American Life as well as Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast and The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism, a Pulitzer Prize finalist. She is the Charles Wesley Emerson College Professor of Nonfiction Writing at Emerson College and a recipient of the BIO Award, the highest honor given by the Biographers International Organization.
Review Quotes:
"Outstanding . . . Marshall has distilled 20 years of research into a book that brings the sisters to life." Publishers Weekly, Starred
"An engrossing account, replete with both penetrating insights and interesting details." --Mary Ellen Quinn Booklist, ALA, Starred Review
"An excellent biography...a colorful and sympathetic portrait of these remarkable women." --Francine Prose The New York Times Book Review
"A stunning work of biography and intellectual history. . .the intellectual equivalent of a triple axel." --William Grimes The New York Times
"This monumental biography answers every question about its subjects but one: Why aren't the Peabody sisters famous? . . . Vibrant." --Sue Corbett People Magazine
"The real fascination is in [the Peabody sisters'] linked lives, and those have now been ably re-created." --Michael Kenney Boston Globe
"What makes this book special is the way it shows how history lives in the present, clinging to the things we leave behind and in the stories we tell about them.... [After Lives] will stay with me."--Louisa Thomas, New Yorker