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From the mines of Missouri to the mountains of China and into the files of the FBI. This is the story of an extraordinary woman who suffered and transcended personal hardship throughout her life, always working for the poor and downtrodden. She became an international journalist and close to the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, and was to be accused of being a Communist Spy. A novel about an American Radical and a truly independent woman."

About the Author :
Marlene Lee has worked as a court reporter, teacher, college instructor, and writer. A graduate of Kansas Wesleyan University (BA), University of Kansas (MA), and Brooklyn College (MFA), she currently lives in Columbia, Missouri and New York City. After graduating from Kansas Wesleyan, she taught English at Salina Senior High School. Her poems, stories, and essays have appeared in numerous publications.

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"No Certain Home reveals an Agnes Smedley who, though she felt like an outcast for much of her life, became a true revolutionary for hire. From pioneer to reporter to spy, and through many callings in between, Smedley had a veritable vagabond spirit, able to be contained by no man, ideology, or political system. Lee's novelization of this historical figure is as breathtaking as was Smedley herself." Five star Foreword Review; "Passionate, idealistic, and uncompromising, Agnes Smedley was a gloriously unconventional woman whose fascinating life is even more extraordinary in the light of her impoverished beginnings in rural Missouri. Possessed of an unshakable determination, Agnes bends the world to her will and forges the life she wants for herself, undeterred by circumstance, ill-fortune, or anything else. In NO CERTAIN HOME, Marlene Lee splendidly brings to life this most unlikely of Midwestern heroines. A fascinating story, and a wonderful book." Alex George, author of A Good American; "No Certain Home recreates Agnes Smedley's remarkable life in novel form, following closely the story of the real woman. The imagined dialogue, often based on Smedley's letters, adds rich texture to the Smedley story and reads like a script for a play. Beginning with her humble beginnings in rural Missouri, Lee carefully builds a portrait of a self-educated woman who emerged from desperate poverty into an internationally celebrated chronicler of the Chinese revolution. The novelist's portrayal of Smedley's emotional life, especially her love life, is powerful. Lee's novel gets just right the mixture of the political and personal that defined Agnes Smedley's life." Stephen R. MacKinnon, co-author of Agnes Smedley: Life and Times of an American Radical; "This is a beautifully and deftly written account of the life of one of the most intriguing women of the first half of the twentieth century. It is also eerily relevant. Anyone who might wonder today how a child of the Midwest could grow up to be a supporter of a revolutionary cause in a foreign country need look no further than the story of Agnes Smedley's upbringing, as told byMarlene Lee. NO CERTAIN HOME is a timely reminder that childhood always matters." Gary Kremer, Director of the State Historical Society of Missouri


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781910688007
  • Publisher: Holland House Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Caerus Press
  • Height: 203 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 318 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1910688002
  • Publisher Date: 08 Apr 2016
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Width: 127 mm


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