THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MRS. TOM THUMB: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 01240010B39406
English Summary/英文概要： She was born in 1841 and named Mercy Lavinia Warren Bump, but she became known the world over as Mrs. Tom Thumb. Thirty-two inches tall, "Vinnie" refused to let her stature cost her opportunity. When she was invited into the circus of P.T. Barnum, however, she used her limited height to her limitless advantage. Melanie Benjamin pens an autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb, a fiercely strong woman’s public triumphs and personal tragedies as well as a barnstorming tale of the antebellum south, of a bygone era. Here are some of the most memorable figures from the era, and a portrait in an unforgettable, singular voice--that of Vinnie--a woman who knocked the Civil War from the headlines.
Chinese Summary/中文概要：
2011年秋季 Great Lakes Great Reads挑選小說！
她的第一本暢銷小說《Alice I have been》為我們描述了想像出“愛麗絲夢遊仙境”的女人的生活。現在這本小書中，作者將告訴我們一個我們從未瞭解的偉大女人，一個19世紀的標誌，一個善於將自己的缺點轉化為亮點的女人。
“我從不會讓我的身材定義自己，我自己掌有此權利。”
Mercy Lavinia "Vinnie" Bump
她只有兩英寸八英寸高，她的傳奇我們一個世紀後才知道。年幼時，大家都讓她過隱蔽的生活。但她卻認識了不朽的劇院經歷P.T.Barnum,嫁給了超級明星Tom Thumb，變成當時最奇特的名媛。
書中，作者從Vinnie的口吻講述著她不尋常的冒險經歷。從奇怪的諷刺劇舞臺，她忍受這個種嘲笑，遇見了三個改變她命運的男人P. T. Barnum, Charles Stratton和AKA Tom Thumb.
他們的婚禮吸引了全國的吸引力，讓大家都忘了內戰，他們甚至被請去了白宮，見了總統和女王。但是Vinnie的名聲也傷害到了她最關心的妹妹的生活，妹妹Minnie覺得自己活在姐姐的光暈下。
鍍金時代的傳唱之事，一個女人在公眾意義上的成功和個人悲劇。拇指夫人的自傳是一部無法抗拒的史詩小說，她以和自己夢想一樣大的內心征服了全國。（Celia）
Awards/获奖情况：
“本傑明很懂得如何將客觀歷史和可讀性融合到一起。她筆下的Vinnie高雅勇敢。她的女主人公總是從第一頁開始就吸引著每個人。”——《華盛頓郵報》
“本傑明所創造的Vinnie是個矮小的婦人，一個迷你小人堅持要做一個健全的人而不是一個用來觀看的怪人和娃娃。本傑明筆下的她聰明、勇敢、充滿探險精神、活躍、足智多謀的人。”
——《環球波士頓》
Advance praise for The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb
“Benjamin handles the era of mid-nineteenth-century America like a native, telling a walloping good story about a tiny person with the soul of a giant. The lovely Lavinia Bump once again comes alive, and we’re all the richer because of it.”---Ellen Bryson, author of The Transformation of Bartholomew Fortuno
“Vinnie Bump is one of the most engaging characters to come along in a while. Nineteenth-century women had few options; Vinnie had fewer yet. Melanie Benjamin renders her deeply human in a no-nonsense Olive Kitteridge sort of way. Readers will not soon forget her. I know I won’t.”---Johanna Moran, author of The Wives of Henry Oades
“Lavinia Warren was only thirty-two inches tall, but in Melanie Benjamin’s The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb she soars above the tumult of Gilded Age America. Benjamin makes her a woman of courage and refinement with an itch for adventure and ambitions that far outstrip her size. I enjoyed every minute I spent with Vinnie in this exuberant, absorbing, elegantly written novel.”---Carol Wallace, author of Leaving Van Gogh
“By turns heart-rending and thrilling, this big-hearted book recounts a fictionalized life of this most extraordinary of women in prose that is lush and details that are meticulously researched. I loved this book.”---Sara Gruen, New York Times bestselling author of Ape House and Water for Elephants
“Melanie Benjamin’s striking novel about the diminutive Lavinia Warren Bump, one of P. T. Barnum’s ‘oddities,’ shows that love and desire, strength and ambition, come in all sizes. Mrs. Tom Thumb brings out the humanity in all of us.”---Sandra Dallas, New York Times bestselling author of The Bride’s Home and Whiter Than Snow
“Melanie Benjamin has created a compelling heroine, whose dramatic and poignant story will capture the reader’s heart to the last page.”---Stephanie Cowell, author of Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet and Marrying Mozart
About the Author/作者介绍： Melanie Benjamin is a pseudonym for Melanie Hauser, who has written two contemporary novels. Alice I Have Been was her first work of historical fiction and the first under this name. Benjamin lives in Chicago where she is at work on her next historical novel and Delacorte has just signed a new two book deal!
梅兰妮•本杰明（Melanie Benjamin ）真名为梅兰妮•豪斯（Melanie Hauser），著有两部当代小说。《爱丽丝》（Alice I Have Been ）是她的处女作。本杰明住在芝加哥，目前正在写其第二部历史小说。
Format:HARDCOVER
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