05/18/2026
I hope to see some of you next Wednesday to discuss my recent book, , with the Berkshire Historical Society at Herman Melville's Arrowhead! () was an incredible woman: an accomplished journalist in a period when women were discouraged from the profession, a treasured friend of the , and a chronicler of the 1940 invasion of France.
A collection of her letters, newspaper clippings, and drafts has been part of the 's collection since 1996, which asked me to review them over a quarter-century later. I was deeply moved by her first-hand account of the occupation of France, which inspired me to pen a fictionalized adaptation of Moody's life that centered around and included passages from these primary sources.
To learn more, please join me and the Berkshire County Historical Society at Herman Melville's Arrowhead on May 20th at 5:30.