Her Lost Words

From A Vindication of the Rights of Woman to Frankenstein,a tale of two literary legends—a mother and daughter—discovering each other and finding themselves along the wayfrom USA Today bestselling author Stephanie Marie Thornton. 1792. As a childMary Wollstonecraft longed to disappear during her father’s violent rages. Insteadshe transforms herself into the radical author of the landmark volume A Vindication of the Rights of Womanin which she dares to propose that women are equal to men. From conservative England to the blood-drenched streets of revolutionary FranceMary refuses to bow to society’s conventions and instead supports herself with her pen until an illicit love affair challenges her every belief about romance and marriage. When she gives birth to a daughter and is stricken with childbed feverMary fears it will be her many critics who recount her life’s extraordinary odyssey… 1815. The daughter of infamous political philosopher Mary Wollstonecraftpassionate Mary Shelley learned to read by tracing the letters of her mother’s tombstone. As a young womanshe desperately misses her mother’s guidanceespecially following her scandalous elopement with dashing poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Mary struggles to balance an ever-complicated marriage with motherhood while nursing twin hopes that she might write something of her own one day and also discover the truth of her mother’s unconventional life. Mary’s journey will unlock her mother’s secretsall while leading to her own destiny as the groundbreaking author of Frankenstein. A riveting and inspiring novel about a firebrand feministher visionary daughterand the many ways their words transformed our world.