May 2017 Round Up: History, Memoir and Biography

May 2017 Round Up: History, Memoir and Biography

After the April deluge of reviews of memoirs, the month of May has offered up a smaller, but more varied, collection of reviews. Fourteen books were reviewed during May by sixteen reviewers. Although the hype of the Stella Prize has abated, shortlisted titles continue...
Stella Miles Franklin: A Biography by Jill Roe – guest reviewer Yvonne Perkins

Stella Miles Franklin: A Biography by Jill Roe – guest reviewer Yvonne Perkins

Today’s guest post is by historian Yvonne Perkins. Yvonne is a dedicated reviewer for the AWW challenge, mainly in the areas of history, memoir and biography. She has just published a review of Stella Miles Franklin: A Biography by Jill Roe. Here she introduces the work to AWW readers, lists reviews of Franklin’s work that have been written for the challenge so far, and suggests other titles which could be reviewed.