Susie Dumond is a queer writer originally from Little Rock, Arkansas. She is the author of Queerly Beloved, Looking for a Sign, and Bed and Breakup, and she also talks about books as a senior contributor at Book Riot and a bookseller at her local indie bookstore. Dumond lives in Washington, D.C., with her spouse, Mickey, and her cat, Maple. When she’s not writing or reading, you can find her baking cupcakes or belting karaoke at the nearest gay bar.
At Book Riot Dumond tagged eight works of historical fiction about women fighting fascism. One title on the list:
My Name is Emilia Del Valle by Isabel AllendeRead about another entry on the list.
Isabel Allende is one of today’s most prolific historical fiction writers, and many of her books draw on a tangled history of war, political turmoil, and fascism in her home country, Chile. Her latest book introduces a bold young journalist, Emilia Del Valle, who defies the gendered expectations placed upon her in 1890s San Francisco and demands her writing be taken seriously. When Emilia learns of a civil war breaking out in Chile, the country of her father’s birth, she fights for the chance to travel there and share the true story of the conflict with the world. Joining a long legacy of real journalists fighting fascism with truth, Emilia is a character you won’t forget.
--Marshal Zeringue
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