Charlotte Moore

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Why haven’t we heard of Phillis Bottome? In her 60-year career she published 33 novels, several of them bestsellers, short stories, essays, biographies and memoirs.

  • The Constant Liberal: The Life and Work of Phyllis Bottome

    Pam Hirsch

    Quartet, pp. 458

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