Ella: A Novel

In the vein of The Paris Wife and The Personal Librarian comes this debut novel, a magnificent work of African American historical fiction that reimagines the turbulent and triumphant early years of Ella Fitzgerald, arguably the greatest Jazz Age singer of the twentieth century.

In an inspiring story of resilience, when fifteen-year-old Ella Fitzgerald’s mother dies at the height of the Depression in 1932, the teenager goes to work for the mob to support herself and her family. When the law ...