The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb

“By turns heartrending and thrilling, this bighearted novel recounts the life of an extraordinary woman in lush, meticulously researched prose. I loved it!”—Sara Gruen “[Melanie Benjamin] knows how to combine research and readability. And she’s given Vinnie such dignity and courage … that her heroine commands attention from the first page.”—The Washington Post“Remarkable, soaring … a spellbinding tale … a fascinating story of triumph and tragedy and one person who refused to live a small life.”—BookPage “Melanie Benjamin enfolds the reader in the intimate world of Lavinia Warren Stratton, better known as Mrs. Tom Thumb, [whose] voice is unflinching… . That the characters have faults and regrets, as well as hope, adds to the veracity of the novel.”—The Denver Post “A narrative voice that is feisty, intelligent, brave, adventurous, and resourceful.”—The Boston Globe “Grabs you from the opening pages, providing hints of the absorbing and entertaining story to come … a delightful cavalcade of late nineteenth-century Americana.”—Library Journal

Melanie Benjamin is the New York Times bestselling author of The Children’s Blizzard, Mistress of the Ritz, The Girls in the Picture, The Swans of Fifth Avenue, The Aviator’s Wife, The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb, and Alice I Have Been. Benjamin lives in Chicago, Illinois, where she is at work on her next historical novel.

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