Weed Memorial & Hollander Branch Book Discussion via Zoom: By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

Young playwright Melina Green has just written a work inspired by her Elizabethan ancestor Emilia Bassano. But seeing it performed is unlikely, in a world where the playing field isn’t level for women. As Melina wonders if she dares risk failure, her best friend submits the play to a festival under a male pseudonym.

In 1581, young Emilia Bassano has a a gift for storytelling, but like most women of her day, she is allowed no voice of her own. Emilia forms a plan to secretly bring a play to the stage—by paying an actor named William Shakespeare to front her work.

By Any Other Name centers two women who are determined to create something beautiful despite the prejudices they face.

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