A devourer of books I am so when I read an article about the subject of this book, something told me that I just had to read it. My local library had a few copies so I borrowed one. Have to admit that this book is nonfiction but reads like fiction. My hats off to the author. It is an interesting subject as I didn't even know of Miss Vinnie Warren Bump, aka Mrs Tom Thumb. I could sing praises but that is what real critics do but for those like me, I recommend this as it covers her early life, her first time away from family as she learns the perils of wicked men and how what we call freaks were just average people born into extraordinary circumstance that changed their lives. It covers how she first meet Mr. P.T. Barnum and how she would end up marrying General Tom Thumb. Her marriage was one out of business, not love but throughout it all, the voice of the woman herself sounds not like the voice of a woman born a dwarf but the voice of a bold and confident woman who would not allow limitations to stop her. I won't say more as it would spoil the book but below is the information you'll need to get your hands on a copy of a great nonfiction book through the local library or amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com:
Mrs. Tom Thumb
author - Melanie Benjamin
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