Britta Böhler
Britta Böhler is a German-born author and former law professor. She has published literary fiction and a series of crime novels as well as various non fiction books about real life criminal cases. Her internationally acclaimed novel about Thomas Mann (English translation: The Decision) has been translated into eight languages. She lives in Amsterdam and Cologne and she writes in German, English and Dutch. For more information: www.brittaboehler.com
The story of three generations of women, as well as the effects of Soviet rule on their lives.
Authentic characters, a compelling story, timeliness, and big ideas--The Female Persuasion excels on all counts.
Kidd’s boundless, imaginative powers drive the plot forward in this amateur detective story with a gothic twist.
Winner of the Prix Goncourt last year, this character study alternates between the perspectives of its two central female characters.
Brown was young when she became Vanity Fair’s editor – she turned thirty in 1983 - but she was by no means a newbie to the magazine-business. Before moving to the United States, she had been editor-in-chief at the British Tatler which she transformed from a nearly defunct 270-year old dinosaur into a successful modern society glossy.