Deborah Heiligman

Loudmouth (eBook, ePUB)

Emma Goldman vs. America (A Love Story)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A propulsive biography about groundbreaking political activist Emma Goldman from National Book Award Finalist and "nonfiction maestro" (Horn Book) Deborah Heiligman.

Emma Goldman made trouble her whole life. The first time was by accident. Her birth (in Lithuania, in 1869) angered her father. He had wanted a dutiful son, not a headstrong daughter. The other times were on purpose.

When she arrived in America as a young woman, she loved its democratic ideals but was appalled by its hypocrisy. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness seemed to be only for those at the top. Something had to be done for everyone else. Someone had to speak up. Soon Emma was delivering rousing speeches on topics like workers' rights, feminism, and the atrocities of capitalism.

This is the story of Emma's complex love affair with America. It's also the story of her many romances with the men she met while trying to change America. Emma believed marriage was disempowering to women and lived her life according to the principles of free love.

Emma called herself an anarchist and a freethinker. Her critics called her a troublemaker, a "loudmouth." But sometimes you need to be loud, if you want your voice to be heard.

Deborah Heiligman is a National Book Award finalist, a YALSA Nonfiction Award winner, and a Printz Honor winner. In Loudmouth she tells the extraordinary true story of a woman who was a fearsome fighter for change in her complicated new country-and a complicated human being in her own right. This is an essential read for young people-or for anyone-who wants to use their voice to make the world a better place.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Altersempfehlung: ab 14 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781250823083
• Artikelnr.: 72261266

Autorenporträt

Deborah Heiligman has written many books for children, including National Book Award Finalist Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith; Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers; and The Boy Who Loved Math. She lives with her family in New York City.