A timeless coming-of-age story that could well have been plucked from today's headlines, Fanny Herself is about gender prejudice, sexual awakening, the plight of the working classes, down home anti-Semitism and the life and loves of an irrepressible charming girl who gains the world and almost loses her true self.
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"One of Ferber's better novels, I think - the story of the life of Fanny Brandeis. It's a longer story, following Fanny as a child and to her adult years. I quite enjoyed it...it's a lovely, comfortable book. " — Heather (5 out of 5 stars)
"One of Ferber's better novels, I think - the story of the life of Fanny Brandeis. It's a longer story, following Fanny as a child and to her adult years. I quite enjoyed it...it's a lovely, comfortable book. "
" It was this that made me break down and just accept that I love Edna Ferber. "
" Not Edna Ferber's best effort, but still original and enjoyable. I love her settings. This book goes from Wisconsin small town to Chicago to the dunes on Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. "
Edna Ferber (1885–1968) was a novelist, short-story writer, and playwright whose work served as the inspiration for numerous Broadway plays and Hollywood films, including Show Boat, Cimarron, Giant, Saratoga Trunk, and Ice Palace. She co-wrote the plays The Royal Family, Dinner at Eight, and Stage Door with George S. Kaufman and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1925 for her novel So Big.
Suzanne Toren, award-winning narrator, has over thirty years of experience in narration. She was named a “Golden Voice” by AudioFile magazine in 2019. She has won the American Foundation for the Blind’s Scourby Award for Narrator of the Year, AudioFile magazine named her the 2009 Best Voice in Nonfiction & Culture, and she is the recipient of multiple Earphones Awards. She performs on and off Broadway and in regional theaters and has appeared on Law & Order and in various soap operas.
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