Anna Hubbard: Out of the Shadows
"Cunningham goes beyond her own experiences and circumstances to find out more about their lives, which gives this portrait well-roundedness." -- Ashland Independence"Cunningham has taken Anna, as the title suggests, out of Harlan's larger shadow and allows her to occupy her own moment in the limelight." -- Bowling Green Daily News"Offers the reader another side of this fascinating woman. Her motivations, resolve and eventual steely determination to live a life so different from our own make this biography a rewarding read." -- Chevy Chaser Magazine"Meticulously research and fills many gaps in our knowledge....The narrative is skillfully woven together with the author's reflections on the feelings Anna rarely allowed anyone to know." -- Filson History Quarterly"Insightful and touching.... Takes Anna out of the shadows of her famous husband and reveals a multi-dimensional woman with deep commitments to her husband and the life they chose." -- Kentucky Monthly"Captures the complex markers that rendered an extraordinary, yet difficult, life dynamic." -- Lexington Herald-Leader"Cunningham delivers a rich and compelling story of Anna Hubbard. Her observations of Anna's life shed light on a woman who tended to remain in the shadows." -- Northern Kentucky Heritage"This lovely book includes excerpts from Anna's private journal, Anna's recipes, a selected bibliography with works on the Hubbards, and photos of Anna and Harlan taken on the river boat trips and at Payne Hollow." -- Ohioana Quarterly"Using Anna's letters and her personal relationship with Anna, Mia Cunningham has both personalized and humanized Anna's story. This is likely to be the definitive work on Anna Hubbard." -- Robert J. Rosenthal"Cunningham peels back the layers of Anna's life -- first, the biographical facts, then her roles as homemaker and wife to Harlan, and finally her private, secret life, her hidden heart." -- Wade Hall