-
1 month ago | 
redcarpetcrash.com | Erika Wurth |Stephanie Dray |Ava Morgyn
The book is in stores on Tuesday, March 18th from Flatiron. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/4bdsLSUOlivia Becente was never supposed to have the gift. The ability to commune with the dead was the specialty of her sister, Naiche. But when Naiche dies unexpectedly and under strange circumstances, somehow Olivia suddenly can’t stop seeing and hearing from spirits. A few years later, she’s the most in-demand paranormal investigator in Denver.
-
Jul 9, 2024 | 
bookbrowse.com | Stephanie Dray
Summer Sale! Save 20% today and get access to all our member benefits.
-
Jun 28, 2024 | 
citylifestyle.com | Kristin Hannah |Stephanie Dray |Percival L. Everett |Monica Wood
Want to start a publication? Learn More Featured ArticleBooks chosen and loved by the Athena Books TeamArticle by Athena Books Originally published in Greenwich LifestyleWe love local bookstores for their curated book recommendations. That is why we were very excited to learn that Athena Books in Old Greenwich now selects an “Athena Favorite” each month, a book chosen and loved by their well-read team.
-
Apr 11, 2024 | 
zip06.com | Stephanie Dray
Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray This outstanding novel brings into the spotlight Frances Perkins, a well-educated, strong, and determined champion of working women. The first female cabinet member, she served as Secretary of Labor under Roosevelt. She also helped develop a Social Security system for this country. The author’s engaging and approachable writing results in a captivating piece of historical fiction that makes the reader feel like they are getting to know Perkins as a friend.
-
Apr 3, 2024 | 
bookbrowse.com | Stephanie Dray
BookBrowse: A stirring work of historical fiction tracing the life of Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve in the US Cabinet.
Our First Impressions reviewers enjoyed reading about Frances Perkins, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Secretary of Labor, in Stephanie Dray's novel Becoming Madam Secretary; out of 33 reviewers, 32 gave the book four or five stars.
-
Mar 21, 2024 | 
everand.com | Laura McNeal |Stephanie Dray
Laura McNeal’s historical novel “The Swan’s Nest” captures the great love between poets Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning. McNeal dramatizes the challenges the two Romantics overcame to forge a life together.
-
Mar 21, 2024 | 
csmonitor.com | Laura McNeal |Stephanie Dray |Adelle Waldman |Tana French
The Swan’s Nest, by Laura McNealLaura McNeal’s historical novel “The Swan’s Nest” captures the great love between poets Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning. McNeal dramatizes the challenges the two Romantics overcame to forge a life together. Becoming Madam Secretary, by Stephanie DrayFrances Perkins, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s secretary of labor, steps crisply and convincingly from the pages of Stephanie Dray’s novel.
-
Mar 19, 2024 | 
hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com | Stephanie Dray
I don’t always do very well at actually reading the books I list in these posts! We’ll see if I improve any with this one. And, thankfully, I started working on this one a few week’s ago! My Mom has been back in the hospital and is now in nursing rehab at a local nursing home. I’ve been pretty distracted. Happily, too, I requested a whole slew of books on audio so that helped me finish this list quickly. I enjoy participating in TTT so having it done in a very fast way was a relief.
-
Mar 14, 2024 | 
lithub.com | Stephanie Dray
I love writing about founding mothers who helped build America, but my latest book, Becoming Madam Secretary is about a founding mother of the twentieth century. She did not help build the nation, but she certainly did rebuild it as Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Secretary of Labor during the Great Depression.
-
Mar 11, 2024 | 
nyjournalofbooks.com | Stephanie Dray
“Frances Perkins was an important role model and social welfare advocate who deserves to be better known.”Fictionalized biographies straddle a wiggly line. At their best, they engage the author’s imagination along with solid research to flesh out the story of a real person, without straying too far from the known truth.
