Lynn V. Andrews takes the reader with her as she goes on inward journeys with the help of the Sisterhood of the Shields, and relates the stories of others.
Join her as she is initiated into the Sisterhood and creates her own...
Women
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Author:Andrews, Lynn V.Summary: - Author:Marques, IreneSummary:
Daria is a novel about a young immigrant girl trying to find her way in a new (but also very old) world, where patriarchal networks abound. Daria’s story is bound to multiple characters, their individual stories forcing the reader to...
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Author:Carcaterra, LorenzoSummary:Award-winning editor Otto Penzler presents a collection of short and sizzling masterpieces of kisses and kiss-offs, gams and gats, published for the first time anywhere. In "Third Party," Jay McInerney takes you on a wild ride through...
- Author:Soles, CaroSummary:
Winner, 2021 IPPY Bronze Medal for Canada-East Best Regional Fiction.
Precocious ten-year-old Vanessa Dudley-Morris knows lots of secrets. In 1949 when she and her family are forced to move into two rooms on the second floor of... - Author:Grossman, ValerieSummary:
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Author:Le Guin, Ursula K.Summary:From modern literature to menopause, from utopian thought to rodeos-in this classic collection of essays, Ursula K. Le Guin roves with her customary audacity over the intersecting arenas of literature, feminism, and social...
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Author:Stocks, CassieSummary:WINNER OF THE 2013 Stephen Leacock Award for Canadian Humour Writing!
Twenty-seven-year-old Frieda Zweig is at an impasse. Behind her is a string of failed relationships and half-forgotten ambitions of being a painter; in front...
- Author:Acheson, AlisonSummary:
Marty, age 57, was given a preliminary diagnosis of ALS by his family doctor. Seven weeks later, the diagnosis was confirmed by a neurologist. Ten months and ten days later, Marty passed away.From day one, Alison, Marty's spouse of...
- Author:Summers, AnneSummary:
- Author:Harrison, JimSummary:
Beautiful, fearless, and tormented, at forty-five Dalva has lived a life of adventures. Now, she begins a journey back to the Nebraska prairie where she was born and the son she gave up for adoption years ago.
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Author:Lambert, BettySummary:Vicky, a writer in Vancouver in the early 1960s doesn't consider herself the type of woman who would end up in a bad relationship. Struggling to come to terms with herself, she navigates an emotionally abusive relationship with Mik, a...
- Author:Tucker, HeatherSummary:
'It is the voice of the characters, the kindness of strangers, and the ingenuity and determination of our protagonist against terrible forces that make this story sing.' — San Francisco Chronicle on Tucker's debut, The Clay Girl From...
- Author:Awad, AmalSummary:
Coming from a moderately traditional Muslim family, twenty-seven-year-old Samira Abdel-Aziz has endured her fair share of arranged matches--first dates she calls "doorknock appeals," where she and her possible suitors eat snacks in her...
- Author:Maynard, JoyceSummary:
In her most ambitious novel to date, New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard returns to the themes that are the hallmarks of her most acclaimed work in a mesmerizing story of a family-from the hopeful early days of young...
- Author:Lemaitre, PierreSummary:
Février 1927. Le Tout-Paris assiste aux obsèques de Marcel Péricourt. Sa fille, Madeleine, doit prendre la tête de l'empire financier dont elle est l'héritière, mais le destin en décide autrement. Son fils, Paul, d'un geste...
- Author:Telfer, ToriSummary:
The art of the con has a long and venerable tradition, and its female practitioners are some of the best, or worst in history. But what about today? Spoiler alert: these "artists" are still conning.
- Author:Couto, MiaSummary:
Told through two haunting, interwoven diaries, this novel reveals the mysterious world of Kulumani, a village in Mozambique whose traditions and beliefs are threatened when ghost-like lionesses begin hunting the women who live there....
- Author:Gran, SaraSummary:
A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. A memo to her boss that's replaced by obscene insults. Amanda-a successful architect in a happy marriage-finds her life going off kilter by degrees. She starts smoking again, and...
- Author:Roberts, Steven V.Summary:
The extraordinary life and legacy of legendary journalist Cokie Roberts-a trailblazer for women-remembered by her friends and family. Through her visibility and celebrity, Cokie Roberts was an inspiration and a role model for...
- Author:Fuller, AlexandraSummary:
This engaging follow-up explores Fuller's parents' childhoods and charts the trajectories of their lives through all the British couple's experiences in war-torn Africa. With the same sharply etched narrative that has earned the author...
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