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When graduate student Cassie Lyman discovers that she's related to the woman she's decided to write her doctoral dissertation about-Kate Easton, the founder of the Birth Control League of Massachusetts-her quest to discover the truth about Kate unearths some unpleasant family secrets.
About the author
Ames Sheldon worked as a reporter for two small-town newspapers in Minnesota before becoming lead author and associate editor of the monumental reference work
Women's History Sources: A Guide to Archives and Manuscript Collections in the United States, which ignited her passion for writing about the history of women in America. Then she worked as a development officer, raising funds for the Sierra Club in San Francisco, the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul, the Minneapolis Public Library, and other nonprofit organizations. Her first historical novel,
Eleanor's Wars, won the 2016 Benjamin Franklin Gold Award for Best New Voice: Fiction. Her second historical novel,
Don't Put the Boats Away, was finalist in historical fiction for the 2019 Best Book Awards. Sheldon lives with her husband in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
Summary
When graduate student Cassie Lyman discovers that she’s related to the woman she’s decided to write her doctoral dissertation about—Kate Easton, the founder of the Birth Control League of Massachusetts—her quest to discover the truth about Kate unearths some unpleasant family secrets.
Foreword
• Author has hired Marissa DeCuir of Books Forward (a JKS Communications Company) for national, trade, and local media relations.
• Advanced readers copies mailed to trade review publications, newspapers, magazines, and women’s websites, including Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Library Journal, Historical Novel Reviews, and more.
• Author will make use of the new documentary Borderland: The Life and Times of Blanche Ames to help publicize the novel, which was inspired by this remarkable woman.
• The Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts has offered to host a joint publicity event.
• Author will do readings and make presentations in the Twin Cities and Boston areas, and will participate in book festivals there and in other locations.
