Presents a fictionalized account of the friendship between Mary Todd Lincoln and her dressmaker Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave.
Female friendship
- Author:Chiaverini, JenniferSummary:
- Author:Wallen, Amy.Summary:
A hysterical romp across the Southwest, it pits a spunky Texan mom against the star-studded power of Hollywood. While watching TV one day, Ruby Kincaid catches sight of her runaway daughter Violet in a commercial. Quicker than a...
- Author:Mazigh, Monia, Reed, Fred A.Summary:
In the spirit of Amy Tan’s international bestselling novel The Joy Luck Club, Mirrors and Mirages is an intricately woven, deftly told story that follows the lives of women and their daughters.In Mirrors and Mirages, Monia Mazigh lets...
- Author:Albert, Susan WittigSummary:
When A.P. political reporter Lorena Hickok—Hick—is assigned to cover Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the wife of the 1932 Democratic presidential candidate, the two women become deeply, intimately involved. Their relationship begins with...
- Author:McMurtry, LarrySummary:
Maggie runs a group that dubs voices for movies. She spends much of her time fending off her three pushy daughters, and gets her kicks with her far older Sicilian lover. Connie, on the other hand, has a taste for younger men. These two...
- Author:Ng, CelesteSummary:
Entertainment Weekly's #1 Must-Read Book for Fall From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You, a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and...
- Author:Gaffney, PatriciaSummary:
Depuis dix ans, Emma, Rudy, Lee et Isabel sont liées par une amitié indéfectible. Esprit, humour et compassion sont les armes qui permettent aux quatre Grâces de résister à tous les tracas de la vie… Jusqu’au jour où survient une...
- Author:Thomas, RosieSummary:
Alors qu’elle vide la maison de son défunt père, Mair Ellis découvre un éblouissant châle ancien et une boucle de cheveux d’enfant. Débute alors une quête qui changera à jamais sa vie. Se rendant au Cachemire sur les traces de ses...
- Author:Strohmeyer, SarahSummary:
Four young mothers strike up a friendship at a PTA meeting and soon after form the Ladies' Society for the Conservation of Martinis. A twist of fate forces them apart, but when one of them dies, the women discover how much they...
- Author:Drake, RebeccaSummary:
Four suburban mothers and friends conspire to cover up a deadly crime in this heart-stopping novel of suspense in the tradition of Lisa Scottoline and Lisa Unger. Alison, Julie, Sarah, Heather. Four friends living the suburban ideal....
- Author:Vareille, MarieSummary:
En plus d’être amies pour le meilleur et pour le pire, Chloé et Constance ont un TERRIBLE point en commun : leur vie sentimentale est CA-TAS-TRO-PHI-QUE ! La très glamour Chloé enchaîne les histoires d’un soir avec des bons à rien sexy...
- Author:Barth, F. DianeSummary:
Psychotherapist F. Diane Barth provides advice on how to manage a variety of complex issues surrounding women's friendships using examples from literature and her own case studies.
- Author:Coady, Mary FrancesSummary:
Holy Rule takes place during three weeks in October, 1958, focusing on the lives of a group of nuns who teach at St. Monica’s Girls’ School. During this time of high autumn, the pope lies dying in Rome — and then finally dies...
- Author:Hooper, Kay.Summary:
Much to the amzazement of her doctors, Faith Partker awakens from her life-threatening coma, but with no memory of her past. When she learns that her best friend Dinah has disappeared, she begins to remember things. Now horrifying...
- Author:Fardin, Shalta Dicaire, Sahagian, SarahSummary:
Welcome to Anne Bradstreet College, an all-girls prep school in Boston, where a high SAT score is the ultimate status symbol, followed closely by a string of Tiffany pearls. At ABC, as the school is affectionately known, high school isn...
- Author:Monroe, MarySummary:
Annette Goode has finally found a man who loves her. But at a pre-wedding ceremony, her ugly past is revealed, and her world falls apart. When she reunites with her childhood sweetheart, it seems like everything might be fine--until her...
- Author:Monroe, MarySummary:
Annette Goode Davis is attempting to reconcile with her estranged husband. However, her appetite for food--and other men--has her world spiraling dangerously out of control.
- Author:Monroe, MarySummary:
Budding teenager Annette Goode, a shy, awkward, overweight girl, hides the devastating secret that her mother's boarder has been sexually abusing her -- until her life is changed forever by the beautiful and worldly Rhoda Nelson....
- Author:Monroe, MarySummary:
After a crash diet and a makeover fail to get the attention of her husband, Annette shacks up with Louis and goes on a spending spree, until she discovers a terrible secret about Louis and turns to her friend, Rhoda, for help.
- Author:Clarkson, Joy, Clarkson, Sally, Clarkson, SarahSummary:
In an era when many women struggle with feelings of isolation and loneliness, this book calls us to embrace the delight and joy that can be found in life-giving female friendships, relationships that not only offer emotional affirmation...