Drawing on biographical and historical sources, BESSIE reimagines the early life of Bess Myerson—the talented daughter of poor Russian Jewish immigrants from the Bronx—who, in the bigoted milieu of 1945, remarkably rises to become Miss America, the first–and to date only–Jewish woman to do so. This tender fictional portrait unveils a bold young woman living at a precarious moment in our cultural history as she searches for love and acceptance, eager to make her mark on the world.
LINDA KASS is the author of two historical novels, Tasa’s Song (2016) and A Ritchie Boy (2020). She began her career as a magazine journalist and correspondent for regional and national publications. She is the founder and owner of Gramercy Books, an independent bookstore in Columbus, Ohio. Find her online at lindakass.com
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