Beautiful Invention: A Novel of Hedy Lamarr | 
pick#13 for #15books15weeks. I won a copy of this beautiful book sometime back and regretfully didn't get to it until late this summer. It was so worth the wait though! Historical fiction is one of my favorite genres and I really enjoyed reading about the life of Hedy Kiesler/Hedy Lamarr. A beautifully told account of Hedy's amazing life both personally and professionally, as an actress and as an inventor. How she helped with (continued in comments)
TheHeartlandBookFairy How she helped with the war efforts and how her invention has had a far-reaching impact on many of the items that we know and use today! So much more than a pretty face...Hedy was an incredibly smart, strong, thoughtful, kind, and generous woman! 4y
