Journeywoman is the story in poems of the explicitly female journey made by women through girlhood, motherhood and beyond. The play on the word journeyman is intentional with the notion of completing an apprenticeship and...
Women
- Author:Van Der Meer, CarolyneSummary:
- Author:EDGAR, PatriciaSummary:
Janet Holmes a Court' is a detailed portriat of a complex and passionate Australian who has never been afraid to do things her own way. In 1990, the legendary Robert Holmes a Court died, and his wife Janet took over the reigns of...
- Author:Aarø, Selma Lønning, Dickson, KariSummary:
In a society where we discuss sex openly, the most embarrassing secret is to admit that you can’t make “it” happen. I’m Coming is a hilarious and provocative novel about why women fake it.Ever since her sexual debut, Julie has faked...
- Author:Ebadi, ShirinSummary:
- Author:Perović , LydiaSummary:
Incidental Music visits the troubled and fascinating period of the Hungarian Revolution, within its larger context of the Communist post-war years in Eastern Europe, explores Toronto’s heritage and urban development, takes a...
- Author:Gifford, BlytheSummary:
To live the life of independence she craves, Jane de Weston disguises herself as a young man. She doesn't foresee her attraction to Duncan, who stirs unknown but delightful sensations in her highly receptive, very feminine body....
- Author:Alcaro, Huey HeleneSummary:
At the onset of puberty girls’ right legs are sawed off in Ramprend’s Beautification Ritual. In this dystopian novel, female stumps are desirable to men. Solanj’l — ’l denoting one-leg — hates her inability to move freely and makes a...
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- Author:Gilligan, CarolSummary:
- Author:Jones, Merry BlochSummary:
Bestselling author Merry Bloch Jones lets hundreds of women dish out the good, the bad and the funny of female relationships. In this collection of more than 500 quotes, we hear from women of all ages on topics ranging from guys and...
- Author:Hailey, SheilaSummary:
A memoir by the wife of the top selling author Arthur Hailey.
- Author:Bombeck, ErmaSummary:
Displaying spirited insight, Erma exposes threats to the most stable contemporary marriage. She reveals what happens when a wife puts a dent in "his" car, couples cook together, and a woman expects romance from her worn out...
- Author:John, Aisha SashaSummary:
This finalist for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize is ablaze with urgency and radiant inquiry from a 2015 finalist for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry.
A demand and promise; an obligation and challenge; a protest and call:...
- Author:Mars, EmmaSummary:
L’histoire de Elle se poursuit… Après avoir abandonné David Barlet le jour de leur mariage et surmonté le décès de sa mère, Elle s’abandonne à une grande histoire d’amour et de découverte sensuelle avec Louis, le frère de David.
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- Author:Smart, CarolynSummary:
Longlisted for the 2010 ReLit Award
Hooked is a stunning new collection of seven poems about seven famous or infamous women: Myra Hindley, Unity Mitford, Zelda Fitzgerald, Dora Carrington, Carson McCullers, Jane Bowles,...
- Author:Brennert, AlanSummary:
When a young Korean girl known as Regret leaves her homeland for a better life in Hawaii, as a "picture bride," she expects to find prosperity and a chance at education. But the rich husband she is promised turns out to be a poor...
- Author:Matchar, EmilySummary:
- Author:Gyasi, YaaSummary:
Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana. Effia will be married off to an English colonial, and will live in comfort in the sprawling, palatial rooms of...
- Author:Daniels, Carol RoseSummary:
Hiraeth is about women supporting and lending strength and clarity to other women so they know that moving forward is always possible -- and always necessary. It documents a journey of struggle that pertains to a dark point in Canadian...
- 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...