{"product_id":"what-girls-are-good-for-a-novel-of-nellie-bly-9781730978425","title":"What Girls Are Good For: A Novel of Nellie Bly","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Dramatic  engrossing  and spirited  What Girls Are Good For takes the reader straight to the heart of an unsung American hero--a feminist icon whose voice rings loud and true. This is a must-read for anyone who loves an underdog and celebrates justice; the perfect accompaniment for our present times.\" - Olivia Hawker  international bestselling author of The Ragged Edge of Night Nellie Bly has the story of a lifetime. But will she survive to tell it? Enraged by an article entitled What Girls Are Good For  Elizabeth Cochrane pens an angry letter to the Pittsburgh Dispatch  never imagining a Victorian newspaper would hire a woman reporter. Taking the name Nellie Bly  she struggles against the male-dominated industry  reporting stories no one else will  the stories of downtrodden women. Chased out of Mexico for revealing government corruption  her romantic advances rejected by a married colleague  Bly earns the chance to break into the New Yorks Newspaper Row if she can nab a major scoop  life inside a madhouse. Feigning madness  she dupes the court into committing her to the Insane Asylum on Blackwells Island. But matters are far worse than she ever dreamed. Stripped  drugged  beaten  she must endure a week of terror  reliving the darkest days of her childhood  in order to escape and tell the world her story. Only  at the end of the week  no rescue comes  and she fears she may be trapped forever... Based on the real-life events of Nellie Blys life and reporting  What Girls Are Good For is a tale of rage  determination  and triumph - all in the frame of a tiny Pennsylvania spitfire who refused to let the world tell her how to live her life  and changed the world instead.  Praise for What Girls Are Good For:   - \"With rich imagination and meticulous research  David Blixt has brought the hectic  exciting world of nineteenth-century journalism vividly to life. His Nellie Bly is determined  independent  crafty  irresistible -- a heroine any reader would be delighted to get to know.\" - Matthew Goodman  New York Times bestselling author  - \"David Blixt pens a heroine for the ages in \"What Girls Are Good For \" which follows the extraordinary career of pioneer newspaperwoman Nellie Bly. A pint-sized dynamo who refuses to stay in the kitchen  Nellie fights tooth and nail to make a name for herself as a journalist  battling complacent men  corrupt institutions  and her own demons along the way. This real-life Lois Lane had me cheering aloud as I turned the pages - simply a delight!\" - Kate Quinn  author of The Alice Network\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276400517173,"sku":"ByrdShop_1730978428","price":65.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781730978425.jpg?v=1780549708","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/what-girls-are-good-for-a-novel-of-nellie-bly-9781730978425","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}