Seduced by the Light

The Mina Miller Edison Story

De: Alexandra Rimer

Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne

Seduced by the Light is the first and only biography of Mina Miller Edison, the wife of Thomas Edison, the woman who created and shaped the myth of one of the most seminal figures in America’s history. The Thomas Edison we think we know was essentially created by Mina Miller Edison. Exhaustively researched by author Alexandra Rimer, this account draws on unprecedented access to Edison family diaries, memoirs, and letters to look below the surface of the Edison family during the Gilded Age from the little-known perspective of this female protagonist.

Following his first wife’s death, Thomas Edison went in search of the next mother to his children and chose a wealthy twenty-year-old socialite from Ohio who was nineteen years his junior. What Mina did not know at the time was that Edison was a terrible father, completely neglecting his children and, ultimately, Mina herself. Absorbed in his work, he only interacted with his family at dinner, and sometimes not even then. The result was a dysfunctional family overseen by a saintly matriarch who went to great lengths to protect Edison’s reputation as well as that of his wayward children.

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©2023 Alexandra Rimer (P)2023 Blackstone Publishing

A Compelling Story

The telling of the tale of Mina Miller’s family and of her life spans ten decades between the 1850’s and the 1950, encompassing the Civil War, World War I, and World War II. The story crisscrosses the mid Atlantic states of the US, and reaches across to Europe and Puerto Rico. A story worth telling, and one well worth reading. Among many of the included tales are the description of how her father, Lewis, conceived of and brought about the birth of the Chautauqua Institution in New York, and Mina’s eventual imprint upon it. The Gilded Age is on full display in this book, warts and all. I loved this read.

captivating

"Seduced by the Light: The Mina Miller Edison Story" is a captivating and inspiring biography that provides readers with an in-depth look into the life and achievements of Mina Miller Edison, the wife of Thomas Edison.

Excellent book terrible parents.

The book was extremely interesting but both Edison and his wife were selfish. Mina was dependent on her parents but had little concern for her step children.