Elikem married me in absentia; he did not come to our wedding." Afi Tekple is a young seamstress whose life is narrowing rapidly. She lives in a small town in Ghana with her widowed mother, spending much of her time in her uncle Pious's...
Women
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Author:Medie, Peace AdzoSummary: - Author:Swartz, Sarah SilbersteinSummary:
Discover nine ordinary women who took extraordinary measures to save lives during the Holocaust, resisting terror and torture while undercover or in hiding, in concentration camps, in forests, and in exile.
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Author:Ardal, MajaSummary:In this poignant meditation on the uneasy relationship between science and the human spirit, a group of women aged nineteen to sixty-three with HER2-related breast cancer are recruited for a clinical drug trial. For some of them the...
- Author:De Laurentiis Johnston, JuliaSummary:
A thrilling look at 25 female adventurers from around the world who made their marks on history. Women have long been badass adventurers, loop the looping as trick pilots or braving the grueling climb to the top of Mount Everest. But...
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Author:Machado, Carmen MariaSummary:In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders between psychological realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism. While her work has earned her comparisons to Karen...
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Author:Govier, KatherineSummary:When the folk rock group Hearts of Flame broke up Ruby and the other members gravitate from Alberta to Toronto. The booming city at the end of the eighties offers all these outsiders a way to thrive. Then Ruby disappears. The police...
- Author:Ephron, NoraSummary:
Is it possible to write a sidesplitting novel about the breakup of the perfect marriage? If the writer is Nora Ephron, the answer is a resounding yes. For in this inspired confection of adultery, revenge, group therapy, and pot roast,...
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Author:Munro, AliceSummary:Nine stories draw us immediately into that special place known as Alice Munro territory--a place where an unexpected twist of events or a suddenly recaptured memory can illumine the arc of an entire life. Men and women are subtly...
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Author:Berry, WendellSummary:In the latest installment in Wendell Berry's long story about the citizens of Port William, Kentucky, readers learn of the Coulters' children, of the Feltners and Branches, and how survivors "live right on." "Ignorant boys, killing each...
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Author:Ball, HeatherSummary:Since the days of ancient Egypt, women have demonstrated their skills as leaders. The last couple of hundred years, however, have seen increasing numbers of self-made women of distinction take their place on the world stage, many in...
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Author:Carley, DaveSummary:For young Ellen, an open window at night was an invitation for all manner of scary things to enter her bedroom. As a child she shivered from fear. But now she shivers with anticipation.
- Author:Atwood, MargaretSummary:
In Good Bones, first published in 1992, Margaret Atwood has fashioned an enthralling collection of parable, monologue, mini-romance and mini-biography, speculative fiction, prose lyric, outrageous recipe and reconfigured fairy tale,...
- Author:Mitchell, MargaretSummary:
First published in 1936, this book is a historical novel set against the dramatic backdrop of the Civil War. It tells the love story of Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler.
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Author:Caldwell, ClaireSummary:Poetry that explores what it means to be a woman—a settler woman—in the wilderness.
- Author:Febos, MelissaSummary:
National Bestseller Named a Most Anticipated Book by: The New York Times * Buzzfeed * Time.com * OprahMag.com * The Millions * The Rumpus * LitHub * Paperback Paris * The Lily (Washington Post) * Ms. * LAMBDA Literary. A gripping set of...
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Author:Evaristo, BernardineSummary:The novel's twelve central characters lead vastly different lives. Amma is an acclaimed playwright whose work explores her Black lesbian identity; her friend Shirley is a teacher, jaded after decades of work in London's underfunded...
- Author:Hollis, RachelSummary:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD Do you ever suspect that everyone else has life figured out and you don't have a clue? If so, Rachel Hollis has something to tell you: that's a lie. If you have ever...
- Author:Higdon, ChristineSummary:
Four working-class Vancouver sisters, still reeling from the impact of World War I and the pandemic that stole their only brother, are scraping by but attempting to make the most out of the exciting 1920s. Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal,...
- Author:Chapman, Clay McLeodSummary:
After Silas discovers a strange drug and Erin gives it a try, it allows her to see ghosts everywhere from her Southern hometown's brutal past. Now will Erin be able to shut the Pandora's box of horrors?
- Author:Wagner, Angelia, Everitt, JoannaSummary:
Despite decades of women's participation in politics, the gender identities of Canadian politicians continue to attract media and public attention and shape the way they are perceived and evaluated. Gendered Mediation takes an...
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