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By Any Other Name

By Any Other Name

Summary

**PRE-ORDER NOW – THE DAZZLING NEW NOVEL FROM MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR JODI PICOULT**

The #1 New York Times Bestseller


'Her best one yet' JOJO MOYES

'A timeless classic' CHRIS WHITAKER

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Student playwright Melina Green finds that even in New York, her words will struggle to make the stage, when the power is held by men. Inspired by the life of her ancestor Emilia Bassano, a gifted and witty storyteller herself, Melina takes a lesson from history, and submits a play under a male pseudonym . . .


As Melina discovers more of Emilia’s extraordinary life in Elizabethan England, she is determined to right the wrongs of the past – and finally tell her story.


Two women – centuries apart – are both forced to hide behind another name.


But can either make their voices heard?


'Stunning. So interesting, clever, educational and moving. One of the best books I've read in recent times' GILLIAN McALLISTER

'Had me absolutely captivated . . . I loved all the questions this novel raised about who gets to tell which stories and how complex that can become. Jodi Picoult is a genius' JENNIFER SAINT

'[An] inspiring work of feminist literature' ELLE

PRAISE FOR JODI PICOULT

'A writer the world needs to be reading right now' Independent

'It is hard to exaggerate how well Picoult writes' Financial Times

'
She is the master of her craft' Daily Telegraph

'There are writers who try and do what Picoult does, and then there's Picoult' Marie Claire

Reviews

  • A likeable heroine and a fun, readable evocation of Elizabethan court life and theatre
    The Times

About the author

Jodi Picoult

Jodi Picoult is the author of 29 novels, with 40 million copies sold worldwide. She has had 17 Sunday Times number one bestsellers. Five novels have been made into movies and Between The Lines (co-written with daughter Samantha van Leer) has been adapted as a musical. She is the recipient of multiple awards, including the New England Bookseller Award for
Fiction, the Alex Award from the YA Library Services Association, and the NH Literary Award for Outstanding Literary Merit.
She is also the co-librettist for the musicals BREATHE and THE BOOK THIEF, which debuted in the UK in 2022.
She lives in New Hampshire with her husband.
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