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About The Book
Fatherless, Fearless, Female follows the international adventures of the dauntless Mary as she moves from a mob-operated strip joint in Chicago to the vineyards and villages of Crete, from art schools in New York and Jerusalem to the Imperial Iranian Air Force Base in Isfahan during the revolution of ’78. Along the way, she navigates through a maze of broken vows, broken families, and broken educational systems—and learns, at last, the value of love and the true meaning of her mother’s deathbed story.
Product Details
- Publisher: She Writes Press (September 29, 2020)
- Length: 312 pages
- ISBN13: 9781631527562
Raves and Reviews
2022 NYC Big Book Awards Distinguished Favorite in Memoir
2021 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards Silver Winner in Best New Voice: Nonfiction
2022 Independent Press Awards Distinguished Favorite in Memoir
“In this provocative and passionate memoir, Mary Stein confronts the rapidly changing status of sexual identity, marriage, parenting, and education as she recounts decades of social, ethical, and political transformations, from her childhood in rural Wisconsin to her teaching experiences in America, Greece, and Iran. After her first husband’s sudden, early death in Afghanistan, she began her search for a soul mate who could provide stability and share responsibility for her young son. And that search will take the reader on an exotic and adventurous journey from New York to Crete, Jerusalem, Isfahan and finally to Thessaloniki, as her chosen partner Isaac shares her brave exploration, while living through dangerous political revolutions.”
—Marsha Keith Schuchard, PhD, author of Why Mrs. Blake Cried: William Blake and the Sexual Basis of Spiritual Vision and Masonic Rivalries and Literary Politics: From Jonathan Swift to Henry Fielding
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