· Beautiful Revolutionary follows the devastating story of The People’s Temple. This was one of my most anticipated read, as I loved Woollett’s short story collection, The Love of a Bad Man. I adore that Woollett decided to focus on the individual people whose lives were affected by cult leader Jim Jones rather than focus on Jones. Laura Elizabeth Woollett is the author of the historical novel Beautiful Revolutionary and the short-story collection The Love of a Bad Man, which was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction and the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction/5(9). · Beautiful Revolutionary by Laura Elizabeth Woollett | Editorial Reviews. NOOK Book (eBook) NOOK Book. $ Audio MP3 on CD. $ Audio CD. $ $ ISBN
Meticulously researched and masterfully written, Beautiful Revolutionary explores the allure of the real-life charismatic leader who would destroy so many. It follows Evelyn as she is pulled into Jones' orbit - an orbit it would prove impossible for her to leave. "Laura Elizabeth Woollett is an immense talent." (Kayla Rae Whitaker, author. Publisher's Summary. It's the summer of , and Evelyn Lynden is a woman at war with herself - minister's daughter, atheist, independent woman, frustrated wife, bitch with a bleeding heart. Following her conscientious-objector husband, Lenny, to the rural Eden of Evergreen Valley, California, Evelyn wants to be happy with their new life. Laura Elizabeth Woollett. Laura Elizabeth Woollett is the author of a short story collection, The Love of a Bad Man (Scribe, ), and two novels, Beautiful Revolutionary (Scribe, ) and The Newcomer (forthcoming Scribe, ). The Love of a Bad Man was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction and the Ned Kelly.
Laura Elizabeth Woollett is the author of the historical novel Beautiful Revolutionary and the short-story collection The Love of a Bad Man, which was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction and the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction. Meticulously researched, elegantly written, and utterly engrossing, Beautiful Revolutionary explores the allure of the real-life charismatic leader who would destroy so many. In masterful prose, Woollett painstakingly examines what happens when Evelyn is pulled into Jones’s orbit — an orbit it would prove impossible for her to leave. Beautiful Revolutionary by Laura Elizabeth Woollett review – inside a cult This Australian debut novel, based on the apocalyptic religious cult that culminated in the Jonestown massacre, is.
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