Ella: A Novel

Ella: A NovelIn the vein of The Paris Wife and The Personal Librarian comes this debut novel, a magnificent work of biographical fiction that reimagines the turbulent and triumphant early years of Ella Fitzgerald, arguably the greatest singer of the twentieth century. When fifteen year old Ella Fitzgeralds mother dies at the height of the Depression in 1932, the teenager goes to work for the mob to support herself and her family. When the law finally catches up,

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The reader who joins her will emerge sensitized and changed by the enduring power of her work

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she is befriended by Dominick

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sensitively and in great depth

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0345493859

their rivalry is back

Using rhyming text and a diverse cast of characters

the excited and frightened Rose finds herself becoming increasingly involved in the resistance efforts

from the generations of enslaved people who helped to build it or were forced to work there to its first black First Family