A provocative look at why our current understanding of female sexuality isn't getting us off. We think of the modern woman as sexually liberated - if anything, we're told we're oversexed. Yet a striking number of women...
Women
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Author:Werb, DanSummary:For decades, American hungers sustained Tijuana. In this scientific detective story, a public health expert reveals what happens when a border city's lifeline is brutally severed. Despite its reputation as a carnival of vice, Tijuana...
- Author:Chiaverini, JenniferSummary:
When Elm Creek Quilts announces openings for two new teachers, quilters everywhere are vying to land the prestigious post. The impending departure of two founding members means untold changes for the Elm Creek Quilters. As they begin...
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Author:Macomber, DebbieSummary:Katherine O'Connor often spends her days at a cozy cafe on Blossom Street in Seattle, where she writes Christmas letters for other people. She's good at making their everyday lives sound more interesting. More humorous. More...
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Author:Qiu, Peipei, Zhiliang, Su, Lifei, ChenSummary:Chinese Comfort Women is the first English-language book featuring accounts of the “comfort station” experiences of women from Mainland China, forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during the Asia-Pacific War. Through...
- Author:Bennett, Claire-LouiseSummary:
Checkout 19 follows a young woman who finds herself in love, in conflict with life and death, and in a life made of books, where the act of turning the page is a way of carrying on living. Fearlessly inventive in its form, merging...
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Author:Aidoo, Ama AtaSummary:Esi decides to divorce after enduring yet another morning's marital rape. Though her friends and family remain baffled by her decision (after all, he doesn't beat her!), Esi holds fast. When she falls in love with a married man-wealthy...
- Author:Mars, EmmaSummary:
Elle, jeune femme fraîchement diplômée en journalisme et habitant la banlieue parisienne, se laisse entraîner par une copine délurée à jouer les «hôtesses» pour de riches clients du monde des affaires. Entre hôtesse et hotelle, il n’y a...
- Author:Farrow, RonanSummary:
In a dramatic account of violence and espionage, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan Farrow exposes serial abusers and a cabal of powerful interests hell-bent on covering up the truth, at any cost. In 2017, a routine...
- Author:Green, JaneSummary:
An original short story featuring Jemima, the main character from Green's beloved novel Jemima J, and Cat, the main character from her novel Summer Secrets. Fans of these popular characters will be delighted to see them sharing...
- Author:Smale, HollySummary:
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK "Fascinating...witty...self-deprecating...We meet Cassandra on the worst day of her life. She's getting fired, her boyfriend dumps her, and her roommates hate her. On that same day, she discovers...
- Author:Melton, Glennon DoyleSummary:
Glennon Melton believes that by shedding our weapons and armor, we can stop hiding, competing, striving for the mirage of perfection, and ultimately build a better life in our hearts, homes, and communities. Readers will find a wise and...
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Author:Jarratt, MelyndaSummary:Imagine you're a young woman caught up in the ugly reality of war. You meet and fall in love with a young soldier from a foreign country. You marry and your world is upended: when the war ends, you leave all you've ever known behind -...
- Author:Roberts, CokieSummary:
Sifting through newspaper articles, government records, and private letters and diaries--many never before published--Cokie Roberts brings war-torn Washington, DC, into focus through the lives of its formidable women.
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Author:Trollope, AnthonySummary:Trollope examines the Victorian woman and her predicament. "What should a woman do with her life?" asks Alice Vavasor, who vacillates between two suitors, and each woman has her own answer.
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Author:BAILEY, JennaSummary:An intimate and moving collection of personal stories following an extraordinary group of women - starting with a heartfelt letter from a young woman in 1935, struggling to find her place in the world.
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Author:Ray, JeanneSummary:Feeling unattractive and unappreciated as she enters her fifties, wife and mother Clover wakes up one morning and discovers that she has actually become invisible, a condition that goes unnoticed by her family.
- Author:Smith, LeeSummary:
This collection of nine stories, ranging from poignant ballads to delightfully inventive forms, will make you chuckle and leave you with a satisfying sense that no matter how unruly or warped life may seem, equilibrium can be found...
- Author:Antoinette, AshleySummary:
Butterfly is the first novel in an all new series by New York Times bestselling author Ashley Antoinette! "Run away from the boy that gives you butterflies, he's going to break your heart." Morgan Atkins had been told that phrase ever...
- Author:Auður A. ÓlafsdóttirSummary:
After being dumped and then winning the lottery, a woman in her thirties, along with her best friend's four-year-old deaf-mute son, takes a transformative road trip through Iceland, encountering eccentrics and finding herself.
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