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Laurie Lico Albanese

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I'm so excited to share my newest novel, HESTER, with you. This is a prequel and a retelling of Hawthorne's classic novel THE SCARLET LETTER, in which he links female passion and shame. My HESTER is Isobel Gamble, a young Scottish seamstress new to Salem in 1829, who falls in love with aspiring writer Nat Hawthorne and inspires his first novel.

I'm also the author of STOLEN BEAUTY, a novel about love, art, courage and war that illuminates the intimate lives of two remarkable Viennese women whose fates and awakenings are bound by Gustav Klimt and his golden portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer.

Thanks for visiting and for reading.

WARNING: READING CAUSES EMPATHY. It's a fact.

HESTER
A Novel

Coming October 4, 2022 from St. Martin's Press

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Laurie Lico Albanese Hi Charlie - I love this question, because it took a long time for me to discover how Isobel’s story ends in HESTER. There were other options that you…moreHi Charlie - I love this question, because it took a long time for me to discover how Isobel’s story ends in HESTER. There were other options that you can surely imagine, but I don’t want to put any plot spoilers here. The one thing I knew for sure was that Isobel would ultimately use her needle in a confrontation exactly as she does in the book. But her final decisions and her ultimate fate was determined by her character, very close to the end of my writing process.
I hope that’s a satisfactory non-plot-spoiler answer!
Thanks for writing. I am so happy you read, enjoyed, and reached out to me here.
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Laurie Lico Albanese Wow, what an intriguing question. I'm sure I'm not alone when I say I'd go to Hogwarts, and connect with my inner wizard! I'd do the sorting hat for r…moreWow, what an intriguing question. I'm sure I'm not alone when I say I'd go to Hogwarts, and connect with my inner wizard! I'd do the sorting hat for real and not just on my laptop, and as long as I wasn't a Slitherin I'd stay for as long as I could -- or until my family missed me. Although, if I were a wizard maybe I'd know how to bend time like they do in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, so that I could be gone as long as I liked, and it would only be a few minutes in my real life! (less)
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Oprah, Adele Bloch-Bauer & Me

Stolen Beauty Stolen Beauty by Laurie Lico Albanese Laurie Lico Albanese

Today at Money Magazine I explore the connection between Oprah Winfrey & the Klimt portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer that she owned for ten years -- and recently sold at a $63 million profit.

Check it out here!

http://time.com/money/4665660/the-sur... Read more of this blog post »
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“But there's another kind of strength we've got...It comes from knowing the difference between who you are and who they think you are.”
Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

“...history isn't what's written or told. History is hidden away in dark corners and shadows...”
Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

“They say witch, but what do they mean? Witch is a reason to kill you; witch might be someone to heal you; witch can be the Devil, or witch can be a woman so beautiful she makes you lose your sense. They've got so many ways of calling you a witch, they just change it to how it suits them.”
Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

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