By Any Other Name will be a new novel from Jodi Picoult to be published in October.
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What if Shakespeare was a woman?
The new dual-timeline novel from the number 1 international bestselling author. A beautifully written, compelling novel exploring the theme of identity and how two women, centuries apart—one of whom might just be the real author of Shakespeare’s plays—must both hide behind another name to make their voices heard.
1581. Emilia Bassano is allowed no voice of her own, but finds a way to bring
her work to the stage secretly. Yet by paying a man for the use of his name,
she will write her own out of history.
Now. Playwright Melina Green is determined to see one of her shows make the
stage, but it’s still not a level playing field for women in the arts.
A beautifully written, compelling novel exploring the theme of identity
and how two women, centuries apart—one of whom might just be the
real author of Shakespeare’s plays—must both hide behind another
name to make their voices heard.