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Tag Archives: women
Dare Me by Megan Abbott
In Dare Me, Megan Abbot delivers a dark insider’s peek into high school cheerleading. But more than cheers and stunts, the real story is in the relationships developed, manipulated, and reconciled as the characters vie for control. For the most … Continue reading
The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty
The Chaperone is Laura Moriarty’s fourth novel and her first historical fiction. As the title suggests, Moriarty created an unforgettable heroine in an ordinary and conservative chaperone, Cora Carlisle. Cora is a respectable and sensible mother and wife of a … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920's, actresses, historical fiction, kansas, new york city, relationships, women
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Miss Representation (DVD)
“As the most persuasive and pervasive force of communication in our culture, media is educating yet another generation that a woman’s primary value lay in her youth, beauty and sexuality—and not in her capacity as a leader, making it difficult … Continue reading
Triangles by Ellen Hopkins
Ellen Hopkins is one of the most frequently challenged young adult authors of the 21 century. She is known for not being afraid to tackle controversial issues and taking on topics such as drug addiction, sexual abuse or teen prostitution. … Continue reading
The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin
A story of love, class and the “American Way” in Gilded Age England, this is definitely several cuts above the traditional historical romance. Aptly named Cora Cash is the richest debutante in America in 1893, and her mother will stop … Continue reading
What Women Want: The Global Market Turns Female Friendly, by Paco Underhill
Paco Underhill writes about the importance of women’s growing power and influence in the global marketplace in his 2010 book What Women Want. The message: Ignore them and you will be losing out on a very large market. Underhill goes … Continue reading
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Tagged economics, nonfiction, Social influence, women
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ROOM by Emma Donohue
How would you learn to use stairs if you lived every day of your first five years in an 11′ x11′ room? What it would it be like to see a bird flying, or know what a blade of grass … Continue reading
The Bitch in the House: women tell the truth about sex, solitude, work, motherhood, and marriage, edited by Cathi Hanauer
As Cathi Hanauer, the editor of The Bitch in the House, explains, “This book was born out of anger…which stemmed from a combination of guilt, resentment, exhaustion, naivete, and the chaos of my life at the time.” Sharing her thoughts … Continue reading
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen, author of The Girl Who Chased the Moon and Garden Spells, takes us this time to Walls of Water, North Carolina, which is famous for its waterfalls and the fog that they bring … Continue reading
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Tagged domestic fiction, family, family relationships, family secrets, north carolina, relationships, women, women's fiction
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