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Among the Beautiful Beasts : A Novel by Lori McMullen is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Among the Beautiful Beasts : A Novel about?
Set in the early 1900s, <i>Among the Beautiful Beasts</i> is the untold story of the early life of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, known in her later years as a tireless activist for the Florida Everglades. After a childhood spent in New England estranged from her father and bewildered by her mother, who fades into madness, Marjory marries a swindler thirty years her senior. The marriage nearly destroys her, but Marjory finds the courage to move to Miami, where she is reunited with her father and begins a new life as a journalist in that bustling, booming frontier town. Buoyed by a growing sense of independence and an affair with a rival journalist, Marjory embraces a life lived at the intersection of the untamed Everglades and the rapacious urban development that threatens it. When the demands of a man once again begin to swallow Marjory’s own desires and dreams, she sees herself in the vulnerable, inimitable Everglades and is forced to decide whether to commit to a life of subjugation or leap into the wild unknown. Told in chapters that alternate between an urgent midnight chase through the wetlands and extensive narrative flashbacks, <i>Among the Beautiful Beasts</i> is at once suspen
Who reads Among the Beautiful Beasts : A Novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Lori McMullen
- Publisher
- She Writes Press
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781647421076
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Nature, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5 (267 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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