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Praise for Momentum
“Simply brilliant--no, complexly brilliant. I have never read a more absorbing, unflinching, intense embodiment of biographical fiction.”
- Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab’s Wife
“Momentum by E.G. Slade is a deeply inspiring meditation on the early life of Maria Montessori whose brilliance and perseverance led to her groundbreaking Montessori Method. Courageous and determined, Montessori broke numerous taboos being a woman during the turn of the century, but not without great personal sacrifice. Momentum is an extraordinary story about a remarkable woman!”
- Gail Tsukiyama, author of Women of the Silk
"Elizabeth Slade has added a profound new book to the literature around Dr. Maria Montessori's life that takes readers on a first-person historical fiction narrative that embraces Montessori's personal life, her journey into motherhood, and ultimately, her humanity as the person behind this incredible movement."
- Mariana Bissonnette, author of Babies Build Toddlers
"Friends, you need to stop whatever you’re doing and go buy this book right away. I’m not even kidding – it was that good. I sat down to read it just before noon on a Saturday, and I finished just before 3pm that same day because I simply couldn’t put it down.”
- Angela Chang, founder of MOMtessori Life
Elizabeth Slade Bio
Elizabeth G. Slade is the author of Rest Stops, a coming-of-age novel that won the Next Generation Indie Book Award in 2012. In 2021, she published the nonfiction book Montessori in Action: Building Resilient Schools with John Wiley & Sons.
In addition to writing, Elizabeth serves as the Executive Director of Public Montessori in Action International, an organization committed to ensuring fully-implemented Montessori education for children, families, and educators of the global majority. She has been working as a Montessori educator for over thirty-five years.
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