The Beautiful Wife Author: Adrienne Wolfert

PRLog (Press Release) – Mar 31, 2008 – For more information, please contact: Travis Wilson
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Renowned novelist Adrienne Wolfert delivers compelling drama yet again in
The Beautiful Wife a trio of classic novellas

“A stunning achievement. A great read!” – Mary Webb, author of The God Hustlers


Rossmorr, California March 31, 2008 -  Prize-winning poet and novelist Adrienne Wolfert introduces the world to three unique and compelling American women in a new collection of historical fiction novellas, The Beautiful Wife. Each of Wolfert’s three stories is told against the backdrop of one of the most fascinating yet very different periods in history; the American Revolution, the Civil Rights movement, and the French Revolution.  The Beautiful Wife: Three Novellas provides a fascinating character study of three women forced to step outside of their traditional roles and become catalysts for change in an uncertain world.

In the title novella, we meet Elizabeth Monroe, the young wife of the American ambassador to France at the time of the French Revolution. Elizabeth struggles with her own values and threatens her husband’s diplomatic position as she fights to overturn  the brutal death sentence given to a dear friend, while the world around her spins in a flurry of political confusion. In “The End of March”, readers travel forward in time to 1965 and the heart of the civil rights movement. Willi Carotti must decide whether to remain with her loving family, or join the Civil Rights movement to pursue the dream promised by Dr. Martin Luther King. And finally, in “The Queen of America” we meet a new side of the beloved wife of the first American president, Martha Washington. Martha’s inner turmoil and fears are brought to life as she struggles being partnered to one of the greatest men of all time.

In all three of these moving stories, Wolfert’s meticulous research paints a vivid and fascinating picture of each period in history. Martha Washington, Elizabeth Monroe and Willi Carotti are thus brought to life by the author’s deep knowledge of historical events, and infused with the emotional character and inner strength each woman needs to face her darkest fears and march on into the unknown. In each novella of The Beautiful Wife, our three heroines become women warriors as they make the ultimate decision fight for what they believe in, no matter what the final cost.


About the Author
Adrienne Wolfert is an award-winning poet and novelist. She is the author of The Beautiful Wife, Vision, and Distant Constellations, and has also written two novels for children. Ms. Wolfert currently resides in Northern California where she is active in local writers’ groups.