Browsing: Notable Women

Glamour, danger, liberation: in a Mad Men–era of commercial flight, Pan Am World Airways attracted the kind of young woman who wanted out, and wanted…

“A beautifully written story of inspiration, courage, and ultimate transformation” (Booklist): Aspen’s husband, Justin, left one morning to attend a friend’s funeral and never returned. In this riveting read, she recounts her search for him — and the life-changing revelations she would unearth along the way.

For readers of Helen Macdonald and Elizabeth Alexander, an intimate and haunting portrait of grief and the search for meaning…

Mary Marantz’s life followed an unusual path. From the mountains of rural West Virginia to Yale Law School, she tells her story of faith, love, and calling. An inspiring memoir!

The true story of the extraordinary life and brutal death of Mildred Harnack, the American leader of the largest underground…

A chilling read from a New York Times bestselling author: After Mary Yoder’s mysterious death in 2015, her autopsy revealed that she’d been poisoned — and with her husband, son, and son’s ex-girlfriend as prime suspects, the explosive murder case divided an entire community…

“[An] elegantly executed memoir” (Publishers Weekly) from a New York Times bestselling author: Jacqueline Winspear shares moving stories of her family’s experiences during and after World War II — from her mother’s evacuation during the London Blitz to her soft-spoken father’s assignment on an explosives team.

A “sparkling” New York Times bestseller (Publishers Weekly starred review) from the author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry: In 1950, two British women embark on a life-changing scientific expedition. “Sweet, witty, poignant, filled with intrigue and unlikely friendship… I loved it” (Lisa Wingate).

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With nearly 4,700 five-star Goodreads ratings: At age 13, Vanessa Springora became the muse of one of France’s most celebrated writers — a much older man who would manipulate and exploit her. “A gut punch of a memoir with prose that cuts like a knife” (Kate Elizabeth Russell, author of My Dark Vanessa).