

The Beautiful American
Author: Jeanne Mackin
Narrator: Kate Reading
Unabridged: 11 hr 46 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 06/03/2014
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Author: Jeanne Mackin
Narrator: Kate Reading
Unabridged: 11 hr 46 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 06/03/2014
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Jeanne Mackin teaches creative writing at Goddard College in Vermont and has taught or conducted workshops in Pennsylvania, Hawaii, and New York. She lives with her husband, artist Steve Poleskie, in upstate New York. She is the author of several novels, including The Sweet By and By, Dreams of Empire, The Queen’s War, and The Frenchwoman.
Kate Reading, named an AudioFile Golden Voice, has recorded hundreds of audiobooks across many genres, over a thirty–year plus career and won the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration. Among other awards, she has been recognized as an AudioFile Magazine Voice of the Century, Narrator of the Year, Best Voice in Science Fiction and Fantasy, and winner of an Publisher’s Weekly’s Listen-Up Award. She records at her home studio, Madison Productions, Inc., in Maryland.
This was a Goodreads ARC win for me ... thank you very much. I have been putting off reading this book because I wasn't sure I would like it ... boy, was I wrong. This is an historical novel about two girls who grew up in the late 1920's, matured to young women in the 1930's, withstood the war and a......more
I was fortunate enough to read an advance copy of this wonderful novel and I LOVED every word. MacKin takes you into the ex-pat world of many famous and fictional artists during the 20s in Paris and beyond, including the Blitz in London. Its a beautiful, touching story that's compulsively readable.......more
"The Beautiful American" is the story of Nora, an American girl that follows her sweetheart overseas to Paris during the Roaring 20s. It's there that she meets up with her childhood friend, Lee Miller. Before reading this book I had heard of Lee Miller but I didn't really know too much about her. Le......more
I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads. 3.5/5 stars, rounded up I read this book in one day. It was like a good meal that should be filling but leaves you hungry. The story and the characters have a great skeleton; there is no meat on the bone. Overnight I pondered how it could hav......more
Nora runs into Lee Miller in the door of Harrods while she is searching for her missing 16 year old daughter after WWII, and is invited to Lee's house for a weekend party. With that set as the frame we flash back to their childhoods, when Nora, the gardener's daughter, was playmate to the wild young......more
“The Beautiful American, which readers will rank right up there with The Paris Wife, takes readers from the giddiness of the flapper era to the grittiness of World War II. It is a brilliant, beautifully written literary masterpiece. I love this book!” Sandra Dallas, New York Times bestselling author
“Mackin fictionalizes the lives of photographic artists Man Ray and his mistress, Lee Miller. The setting is fascinating, the real and fictional characters intriguing, and the story appealing. What will hold readers’ interest is the mystery of a missing daughter and the intersection of two very different women’s lives. Mackin builds a gripping plot.” RT Book Reviews (4 stars)
“An exquisitely imagined and beautifully rendered story of the talented, tragic, gorgeous Lee Miller.” Becky E. Conekin, author of Lee Miller in Fashion
“Jeanne Mackin blends a tale as intoxicating as the finest fragrance. Spanning wars both personal and global, A Beautiful American leaves its essence of love, loss, regret, and hope long after the novel concludes.” Erika Robuck, national bestselling author of Fallen Beauty