Miss Emily Lib/E (Audiobook)

from epweil

While this is a very entertaining fictionalized tale of the poet Emily Dickenson and her beloved Irish maid Ada it does contain some very interesting truths, such as who Emily's heroines were, that she was a recluse who wore only white and was ever under increasing thrall to the words she wrote t...

from CarrieWuj

This is a well-written story from the point of view of Emily Dickinson and also her young Irish maid, Ada Concannon, newly come to America. The two voices alternate chapters and view points. The (Irish) author captures this transition well and is also very knowledgeable about Dickinson's poetry. ...