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When I married my mother
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Jo Maeder |
Jo Maeder was a not-so-young DJ on a decidedly youth-driven New York City radio station when a series of crises led her to do the unthinkable: move to North Carolina to care for her ailing, estranged… |
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Mothers of the Prophets
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Leonard J. Arrington |
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Her stories
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Leo Dillon,Virginia Hamilton,Diane Dillon |
A few folktales, animal tales, fairy tales and even some actually true herstories collected and retold by Virginia Hamilton. |
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Beyoncé
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Jen Jones |
"Describes the life and career of Beyonce Knowles"--Provided by publisher. |
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Chicana sexuality and gender
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Debra J. Blake |
Since the 1980s Chicana writers including Gloria Anzaldúa, Cherríe Moraga, Sandra Cisneros, Ana Castillo, and Alma Luz Villanueva have reworked iconic Mexican cultural symbols such as mother earth go… |
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Whisper of fear
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Rhonda B. Saunders |
A California leading prosecutor shares the pivotal stories from her career, how she developed the legal weapons to fight stalking, and offers powerful insight into the minds and habits of stalkers, a… |
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A homemade life
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Molly Wizenberg |
Author of the internationally famous blog, Orangette, Molly Wizenberg recounts a life with the kitchen at its center. From her mother's pound cake, a staple of summer picnics during her childhood in … |
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I go to America
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Joy K. Lintelman |
"Near the end of her life, Mina Anderson wrote a lively, intimate memoir, a piece so interesting and informative that renowned Swedish novelist Vilhelm Moberg used it to shape the central female char… |
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Vision of Beauty
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Kathryn Lasky,Nneka Bennett |
A biography of Sarah Breedlove Walker who, though born in poverty, pioneered in hair and beauty care products for black women, and became a great financial success. |
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Down Came the Rain
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Brooke Shields |
When Brooke Shields welcomed her newborn daughter, Rowan Francis, into the world, a crippling depression followed. In DOWN CAME THE RAIN, Brooke writes about the tribulations, depression, and, ultima… |
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Celebrating first lady Michelle Obama in pictures
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Jane Katirgis |
"Photographs illustrate the life of Michelle Obama from childhood with a focus on her role as first lady of the United States"--Provided by publisher. |
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Insatiable
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Erica Rivera |
A provocative and engrossing memoir of a young mother's spiral into eating disorders and exercise addiction, and her subsequent struggle to reclaim control of her life.At twenty-four, Erica Rivera ap… |
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Getting it through my thick skull
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Mary Jo Buttafuoco |
"I think, every once in a while, about the life I should be living, the one I fully expected to be enjoying right about now. In the life I was supposed to have, my husband and I would be admiring the… |
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Saving Henry
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Laurie Strongin |
"A heartbreaking story, exquisitely told...Laurie Strongin's integrity, humanity, and wisdom are an inspiration to the rest of us."—David Shenk, author of The ForgettingSaving Henry is the eye-openin… |
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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Lucile Davis |
Presents the life story of the First Lady who worked for human rights and became known as the First Lady of the World. |
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Standing Tall
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Laura Tucker |
"Lots of people have dreams, but C. Vivian Stringer is the dream--a coalminer's daughter who believed when her Poppa told her there was no obstacle she could not surmount. And she lives that dream, t… |
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Alfred and Emily
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Doris Lessing |
I think my father's rage at the trenches took me over, when I was very young, and has never left me. Do children feel their parents' emotions? Yes, we do, and it is a legacy I could have done without… |
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Jane Addams
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Lucia Raatma |
A biography of Jane Addams, who established Hull-House in Chicago in 1889 to provide medical and legal services, educational opportunities, and social interactions to immigrants and other victims of … |
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Hell's belles
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Seale Ballenger |
From Mama to Mammy, from Scarlett to Blanche, Hell's Belles (often exclaimed in mock piety and defining generations of Southern women) is a hilarious and loving tribute to the famous and infamous fem… |
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The Lost Girls
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Jennifer Baggett |
Jen, Holly, and Amanda are at a crossroads. They're feeling the pressure to hit certain milestones—scoring a big promotion, finding a soul mate, having 2.2 kids—before they reach their early thirties… |
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