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Now Available:
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MRS. TOM THUMB: A NOVEL
An August Indie Next Pick!
Fall 2011 Great Lakes Great Reads fiction pick!
"By turns heart-rending and thrilling, this big-hearted book recounts a fictionalized life of this most extraordinary of women in prose that is lush, and details that are meticulously researched. I loved this book."
Sara Gruen, New York Times bestselling author of Ape House and Water for Elephants
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Appearances

Featured in O Magazine (August 2011)
There was also a mention in the Wall Street Journal, January Magazine, and Chicago Magazine!
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Now available in paperback:
ALICE I HAVE BEEN
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"Benjamin offers a finely wrought portrait of Alice that seamlessly blends fact with fiction. This is book club gold."
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Thank you readers, book clubs, and booksellers for making Alice I Have Been a National Bestseller (New York Times Extended List)!
Featured on NPR's Fresh Air and Weekend Edition!
Chosen as one of Indie Booksellers' Sizzling Summer Picks on NPR's Morning Edition
Featured in USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, and People!
Featured Pick on Maximum Shelf
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