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Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography: the story of the mystifying relationship between the brilliant and affable Gertrude Stein and her brooding companion, Alice B. Toklas

"Janet Malcolm deftly captures Alice B. Toklas's legendary 40-year partnership with the brilliant modernist Gertrude Stein in Two Lives, clearing up a few mysteries along the way—including how two Jewish women were able to survive World War II in their provincial French château with the help of a Vi...

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Awards Biography Literary Biography Women's Biography American Literary Biography Literary Figures - Women's Biography 20th Century American Authors - Literary Biography American Women - Literary Biography Stein, Gertrude (1874-1946)->Biography New York Times Notable Nonfiction of 2007 Washington Post Best Biography of 2007 Christian Scientist Monitor's Best Biographies of 2007 Entertainment Weekly's Best Nonfiction of 2007 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Winners 2008 PEN Literary Awards 2008 Triangle Award Winners Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction (Triangle Award)Best Books of the Year Best Books of the Year 2007 New York Times Best Books of 2007 Washington Post Best Books of 2007 Christian Science Monitor's Best Books of 2007 Entertainment Weekly's Best Books of the Year 2007 PEN Literary Awards PEN Literary Awards by Category PEN Literary Awards by Year LGBT Awards Triangle Awards All Winners - Triangle Awards Nonfiction Winners - Triangle Awards

Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice

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