Your Favorite Women Writers
We asked. You answered. Here are some of Oprah.com readers' favorite contemporary women writers!
By Melissa Hellstern
Jenna Blum
Jenna Blum began her career with a first prize in Seventeen magazine's National Fiction Contest. Her debut novel, Those Who Save Us, is a war story, a mother-daughter drama and a poignant exploration of the legacy of shame. Oh, and an award-winning New York Times best-seller.
"The true-to-life story reflects the courage and solitude that the German women went through during the war. So real, I actually gasped during one of the paragraphs and felt empathy for the character who was being emotionally tortured." — Barbara, Southampton, Pennsylvania
"The true-to-life story reflects the courage and solitude that the German women went through during the war. So real, I actually gasped during one of the paragraphs and felt empathy for the character who was being emotionally tortured." — Barbara, Southampton, Pennsylvania
Published 02/26/2010