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  • January 5, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Aviator’s Wife Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Melanie Benjamin, author of the historical fiction, The Aviator’s Wife, as she tours the blogosphere February 4 – 28 2013 on her third virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ————————————————-   ABOUT MELANIE BENJAMIN Melanie Benjamin is the author of the nationally bestselling Alice I Have Been and The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb. Her latest book is the historical fiction, The Aviator’s Wife. Benjamin lives in Chicago, where she is at work on her next historical novel. Visit the Author: WEBSITE | TWITTER | FACEBOOK ————————————————-   ABOUT THE AVIATOR’S WIFE For much of her life, Anne Morrow, the shy daughter of the U.S. ambassador
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Pump Up Chats with Melanie Benjamin

Melanie Benjamin is a pseudonym for Melanie Hauser, the author of two contemporary novels. Her first work of historical fiction as Melanie Benjamin was Alice I Have Been. The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb is her second release. She lives in Chicago, where she is at work on her next historical novel. You can visit her online at www.melaniebenjamin.com. On The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb Q: Can you tell us why you wrote your book?  I was stuck in the middle of a manuscript that I simply couldn’t finish; I’d lost interest in it and had to assume the reader would, as well.  But it was due to
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The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb Virtual Book Tour August 2011

Join Melanie Benjamin, author of the historical novel, The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb (Delacorte Press, July 26, 2011), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in August on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book. About Melanie Benjamin Melanie Benjamin is a pseudonym for Melanie Hauser, the author of two contemporary novels. Her first work of historical fiction as Melanie Benjamin was Alice I Have Been. The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb is her second release. She lives in Chicago, where she is at work on her next historical novel. You can visit her online at www.melaniebenjamin.com. About The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb In her national
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New Book to Review ‘The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb’ by Melanie Benjamin

Melanie Benjamin returns to tour in the month of August with her historical novel, The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb. She was only two-foot eight-inches tall, but her legend reaches out to us more than a century later. As a child, Mercy Lavinia “Vinnie” Bump was encouraged to live a life hidden away from the public. Instead, she reached out to the immortal impresario P. T. Barnum, married the tiny superstar General Tom Thumb in the wedding of the century, and transformed into the world’s most unexpected celebrity. Here, in Vinnie’s singular and spirited voice, is her amazing adventure—from a showboat “freak” revue where she endured jeering mobs to
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