Bessie by Linda Kass

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/39994 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bessie Author: Linda Kass Narrator: Kelli Tager Format: mp3 Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins Release date: 02-25-25 Ratings: Not rated yet Genres: World Literature Publisher's Summary: Just days after the close of World War II, Bess Myerson, the daughter of poor Russian Jewish immigrants living in the Bronx, is competing in the Miss America pageant. At stake: a $5,000 scholarship. The tension and excitement in Atlantic City's Warner Theatre are palpable, especially for traumatized Jews rooting for one of their own. So begins Bessie. Drawing on biographical and historical sources, Bessie reimagines the early life of Bess Myerson, who, in 1945 at age twenty-one, remarkably rises to become one of the most famous women in America.