Circling the Sun by Paula McLain had me fooled. I thought it was fiction. I didn't know that the main character, Beryl, was a real person until I finished and read the Author's Note, at the end of the story.
What a life! Beryl's parents moved to Africa when she was a child. She grew up there. Beryl's mother left her and her father, for a lover. Regardless, she had a happy childhood, albeit, unconventional. Africa is off the grid. Due to unfortunate circumstances, Beryl married while still a teen. I don't think she had a choice. Her father had to move and she was on her own.
That was disastrous. Beryl goes on to marry others, although her heart really belonged to Denys Finch Hatton, but he was unavailable. Beryl became a noted horse trainer and later an airplane pilot.
Her life was anything but quiet. She was considered a loose women and scandal followed her everywhere. There was nothing she could do to stop the gossip so she lived the way she wanted to and let people talk.
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