Women in Passing: A Conceptual Visual Book of Women in 1950’s New York — Kindle eBook

An Illustrated Historical Fiction Experience

They were seen. They were present. But too often, their names were never remembered.

Step into 1950s New York City through the lives of six women whose paths unfold across bustling streets, workplaces, beauty salons, fashionable shops, intimate interiors, and quiet moments of reflection.

Women in Passing is a beautifully illustrated historical fiction book that gives imaginative life to the countless women whose presence helped shape an era, even when their individual names and stories were often left unrecognized or unrecorded.

Across 35 visually immersive scenes, readers meet Evelyn, Lillian, Mei, Sofia, Ruth, and Francesca—six fictional women from different backgrounds, each navigating her own ambitions, responsibilities, challenges, relationships, and hopes.

At the heart of the story is Evelyn, an African American woman pursuing a life of creativity and possibility in a city where recognition does not always come as easily as talent. Around her, other women's lives unfold independently. Their paths occasionally intersect—sometimes knowingly, sometimes without notice.

They are not necessarily friends. They do not share one life.

They simply pass.

Through a distinctive words-to-visual storytelling experience, each literary scene is followed by richly detailed, vintage-inspired imagery that brings the moment to life.

Women in Passing asks us to consider the women we encounter in old photographs, city streets, workplaces, family albums, and fragments of history without ever knowing their names.

Who were they? What did they dream about? What did they accomplish? What stories disappeared simply because no one stopped to record them?

Elegant, reflective, and visually immersive, Women in Passing is a celebration of womanhood, identity, ambition, visibility, and the significance of lives that deserved to be remembered.

eBook Details:
Illustrated Historical Fiction • 35 Scenes • Digital Edition

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