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The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth about Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage
The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth about Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage
by Cathi Hanauer
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Great essays like these give you an opportunity to look at the world through another person's eyes and re-examine your own experiences. The 26 included here take you on a journey through the a myriad women's lives. I laughed, I cried, I felt better about... (read more)

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Fantastic Women: 18 Tales of the Surreal and the Sublime from Tin House
Fantastic Women: 18 Tales of the Surreal and the Sublime from Tin House
by Rob Spillman
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Fantastic Women comprises eighteen stories by some of the most exciting contemporary women writers in the United States. The daughters of Franz Kafka and Mary Shelley, the Brothers Grimm, and Angela Carter, these inventive, insightful authors steep their... (read more)

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Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: Writers Running Wild in the Twenties (Harvest Book)
Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: Writers Running Wild in the Twenties (Harvest Book)
by Marion Meade
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Dorothy Parker, Zelda Fitzgerald, Edna St.Vincent Millay, and Edna Ferber--their loves, lives, and literary endeavors embodied the spirit of the 1920s. These literary heroines did what they wanted and said what they thought, living wholly in the moment... (read more)

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The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth About Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood and Marriage
The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth About Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood and Marriage
by Cathi Hanauer
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Great essays like these give you an opportunity to look at the world through another person's eyes and re-examine your own experiences. The 26 included here take you on a journey through the a myriad women's lives. I laughed, I cried, I felt better about... (read more)

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We Are the Stories We Tell: The Best Short Stories by North American Women Since 1945
We Are the Stories We Tell: The Best Short Stories by North American Women Since 1945
by Wendy Martin
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A collection of 26 of the finest stories by the finest women writers tocome out of the U.S. and Canada in the past 50 years. Authors include Ann Beattie, Ann Tyler, Tama Janowitz and Alice Walker.... (read more)

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Irish Girls about Town
Irish Girls about Town
by Maeve Binchy
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Get ready to paint the town green. New York Times bestselling authors Maeve Binchy and Marian Keyes top an impressive roster of the Emerald Isle's most popular women writers as they celebrate the joys and perils of love and the adventure and constancy of... (read more)

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How I Learned to Cook: And Other Writings on Complex Mother-Daughter Relationships
How I Learned to Cook: And Other Writings on Complex Mother-Daughter Relationships
by Margo Perin
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A collection of writings by women on the tangled bonds they share with their(often) less-than-perfect mothers. Every woman has something to say on the subject of her mother. In fact, many of us spend our lives trying to figure out just how we are like-or... (read more)

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Great Short Stories by American Women (Dover Thrift Editions)
Great Short Stories by American Women (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Candace Ward
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Choice collection of 13 stories includes "Life in the Iron Mills" by Rebecca Harding Davis, Zora Neale Hurston's "Sweat," plus superb fiction by Kate Chopin, Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, many others.... (read more)

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Dropped Threads
Dropped Threads
by Carol Shields
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The idea came up over lunch between two old friends. There was a need for a book that, eschewing sensationalism and simplistic answers, would examine the holes in the fabric of womens talk of the last thirty or forty years. The contributors, a cross... (read more)

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The Other Woman: Twenty-One Wives, Lovers, and Others Talk Openly about Sex, Deception, Love, and Betrayal
The Other Woman: Twenty-One Wives, Lovers, and Others Talk Openly about Sex, Deception, Love, and Betrayal
by Victoria Zackheim
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She's been called the harpy, the Jezebel, the Lorelei, the bitch...and other choice names. In truth, she is someone's daughter, mother, friend, confidante. She seduces husbands, breaks up marriages, and occasionally becomes a stepmother. Sometimes, she... (read more)

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Secret Weavers #9: What is Secret: Short Stories
Secret Weavers #9: What is Secret: Short Stories
by Marjorie Agosin
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The only work of its kind in English or... (read more)

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What Wildness Is This: Women Write about the Southwest
What Wildness Is This: Women Write about the Southwest
by Susan Wittig Albert
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From the Gulf Coast of Texas to the Pacific Coast of California, and from the southern borderlands to the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains, these intimate portraits of women's lives on the land powerfully demonstrate that nature writing is no longer... (read more)

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Women Write: A Mosaic of Women's Voices in Fiction, Poetry, Memoir Andessay: A Mosaic of Women's Voices in Fiction, Poetry, Memoir and Essay
Women Write: A Mosaic of Women's Voices in Fiction, Poetry, Memoir Andessay: A Mosaic of Women's Voices in Fiction, Poetry, Memoir and Essay
by Susan Cahill
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This wide-ranging collection includes some of the most brilliant female voices-from Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf, and Mary Shelley to Toni Morrison, Rita Dove, and Elizabeth Bishop-sharing their rich, unique perspectives in a variety of writing styles.... (read more)

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Backtalk: Women Writers Speak Out
Backtalk: Women Writers Speak Out
by Donna Perry
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This book contains fifteen in-depth interviews with important contemporary women writers from all over the world. The authors, who come from different racial, ethnic, and class backgrounds and sexual orientations, are all committed to telling the stories... (read more)

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International Women's Stories, the Penguin Book of
International Women's Stories, the Penguin Book of
by Kate Figes
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A collection of thirty-three short stories from around the world celebrates the diversity of women's experiences and includes selections from both famous and lesser-known female authors.... (read more)

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Mothers: Classics from the Modern Library (MODERN LIBRARY)
Mothers: Classics from the Modern Library (MODERN LIBRARY)
by Modern Library
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In the spirit of Christmas Classics from the Modern Library, a selection of our literary favorites celebrating mothers. Last Christmas, the Modern Library introduced Christmas Classics, a beautifully packaged seasonal selection for giving and for reading.... (read more)

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Women Who Did: Stories by Men and Women, 1890-1914
Women Who Did: Stories by Men and Women, 1890-1914
by Angeliqu Richardson
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Daring and dynamic, the "new woman" came to represent the very spirit of an age in flux. Featuring work by authors as diverse as Kate Chopin and Oscar Wilde, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Thomas Hardy, this anthology looks at society through the eyes of... (read more)

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Scenes from a Holiday (Red Dress Ink Novels)
Scenes from a Holiday (Red Dress Ink Novels)
by Laurie Graff
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Three women. Three holidays. Three stories to make that time of year a lot more fun. This collection of three stories about three beloved winter celebrations is Red Dress Ink's first holiday title.... (read more)

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Black Women Writers (1950-1980): A Critical Evaluation
Black Women Writers (1950-1980): A Critical Evaluation
by Mari Evans
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This unique volume provides each writers reflection on her work, an evaluation of that writer by two perceptive critics, and detailed biographical and bibliographical data.  Included are Maya Angelou, Toni Cade Bambara, Nikki Giovanni, Toni... (read more)

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Fresh Water: Women Writing on the Great Lakes
Fresh Water: Women Writing on the Great Lakes
by Alison Swan
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Fresh Water: Women Writing on the Great Lakes is a collection of nonfiction works by women writers. These works focus on the Midwest: living with the five interconnected freshwater seas that we know as the Great Lakes. Contributing to this collection... (read more)

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