| Hideous Love: The Story of the Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein Contributor(s): Hemphill, Stephanie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061853313 ISBN-13: 9780061853319 Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Biographical - Young Adult Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) - Young Adult Fiction | Romance - Historical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2013000237 |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 5.78" W x 8.55" (0.87 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From Stephanie Hemphill, author of the Printz Honor winner Your Own, Sylvia and the acclaimed novel Wicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials, comes the fascinating story of gothic novelist Mary Shelley, most famous for the classic Frankenstein. An all-consuming love affair with famed poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, a family torn apart by scandal, a young author on the brink of greatness: Hideous Love is the story of the mastermind behind one of the most iconic figures in all of literature, a monster constructed out of dead bodies and brought to life by the tragic Dr. Frankenstein. This luminous verse novel reveals how Mary Shelley became one of the most celebrated authors in history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hemphill, Stephanie: - Stephanie Hemphill is the award-winning author of Hideous Love: The Story of the Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein; Wicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist; Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book; Sisters of Glass; and Things Left Unsaid: A Novel in Poems. She lives in Chicago, Illinois. |