Bestselling author Merry Bloch Jones lets hundreds of women dish out the good, the bad and the funny of female relationships. In this collection of more than 500 quotes, we hear from women of all ages on topics ranging from guys and...
Women
- Author:Jones, Merry BlochSummary:
- Author:Aarø, Selma Lønning, Dickson, KariSummary:
In a society where we discuss sex openly, the most embarrassing secret is to admit that you can’t make “it” happen. I’m Coming is a hilarious and provocative novel about why women fake it. Ever since her sexual debut, Julie has faked...
- Author:Mackintosh, ClareSummary:
Every morning and evening, Zoe Walker takes the same route to the train station, waits at a certain place on the platform, finds her favorite spot in the car, never suspecting that someone is watching her. It all starts with a...
- Author:Hailey, SheilaSummary:
A memoir by the wife of the top selling author Arthur Hailey.
- Author:Bombeck, ErmaSummary:
Displaying spirited insight, Erma exposes threats to the most stable contemporary marriage. She reveals what happens when a wife puts a dent in "his" car, couples cook together, and a woman expects romance from her worn out husband.
- Author:John, Aisha SashaSummary:
This finalist for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize is ablaze with urgency and radiant inquiry from a 2015 finalist for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry.
A demand and promise; an obligation and challenge; a protest and call: I...
- Author:Baldwin, BrookeSummary:
CNN news anchor Brooke Baldwin explores what she calls the "huddle:" when women get together to give each other support, empowerment, inspiration, and the strength to solve problems or enact change.
- Author:Bartoletti, Susan CampbellSummary:
In time to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of woman suffrage in America, Susan Campbell Bartoletti presents the tirelessly researched story of the little-known DC Women's March of 1913.
- Author:Helgesen, Sally, Goldsmith, MarshallSummary:
This book seeks to help women identify specific behaviors that keep them from realizing their full potential, no matter what stage they are in their career.
- Author:Matloff, JudithSummary:
Blending humorous stories and anecdotes with serious advice, Matloff explains how to remain upright in stampedes, avoid bank fraud, prevent sexual assault, stay clean in a shelter, and even be emotionally prepared for loss. From cyber...
- Author:Jones, CherieSummary:
In Baxter Beach, Barbados, moneyed ex-pats clash with the locals who often end up serving them. Lala lives on the beach with her husband, Adan, a petty criminal with endless charisma whose thwarted burglary of one of the Baxter Beach...
- Author:Rosenberg, LizSummary:
An affecting biography of the author of Anne of Green Gables is the first for young readers to include revelations about her last days and to encompass the complexity of a brilliant and sometimes troubled life. Once upon a time, there...
- Author:Mars, EmmaSummary:
L’histoire de Elle se poursuit… Après avoir abandonné David Barlet le jour de leur mariage et surmonté le décès de sa mère, Elle s’abandonne à une grande histoire d’amour et de découverte sensuelle avec Louis, le frère de David.
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- Author:Goto, HiromiSummary:
The unbearable voices of mythic manatees, the cry of the phoenix, the whispers of kappa lovers beside a gurgling stream. The voice of the moon that is ever turned away from our gaze, the song of suns colliding. The sounds which permeate...
- Author:Smart, CarolynSummary:
Hooked is a stunning new collection of seven poems about seven famous or infamous women: Myra Hindley, Unity Mitford, Zelda Fitzgerald, Dora Carrington, Carson McCullers, Jane Bowles, and Elizabeth Smart. Each of these women was hooked...
- Author:Smart, CarolynSummary:
Longlisted for the 2010 ReLit Award
Hooked is a stunning new collection of seven poems about seven famous or infamous women: Myra Hindley, Unity Mitford, Zelda Fitzgerald, Dora Carrington, Carson McCullers, Jane Bowles,...
- Author:Umrigar, ThritySummary:
When Indian American journalist Smita returns to India to write the story of a young widow Meena and the murder of her husband, it's Smita's first time back since her family left when she was a child. Both Smita and Meena were...
- Author:Brennert, AlanSummary:
When a young Korean girl known as Regret leaves her homeland for a better life in Hawaii, as a "picture bride," she expects to find prosperity and a chance at education. But the rich husband she is promised turns out to be a poor...
- Author:Matchar, EmilySummary:
An investigation into the societal impact of intelligent, high-achieving women who are honing traditional homemaking skills traces emerging trends in sophisticated crafting, cooking and farming that are reshaping the roles of women.
- Author:Gyasi, YaaSummary:
Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana. Effia will be married off to an English colonial, and will live in comfort in the sprawling, palatial rooms of...