Browsing: Notable Women

A heartrending tale of survival based on true events: When World War II upends Shurka’s perfect life with her husband and children, the family leaves their idyllic Polish village — and flees into the nearby forest to escape danger…

From the acclaimed author of Death in the Air (“Not since Devil in the White City has a book told…

A New York Times bestseller and NPR Best Book of 2019: Known worldwide as Emily Doe after a traumatic assault on a college campus, Chanel Miller reclaims her identity and courageously shares her story. “A gut-punch, and in the end, somehow, also blessedly hopeful” (The Washington Post).

In this captivating narrative, Chanel’s Riviera explores the fascinating world of the Cote d’Azur during a period that saw the…

A highly entertaining account of a young woman who went straight from her college sorority to the CIA, where she…

Inspired by true events: In 1939, 17-year-old Nora is labeled a moral defective and institutionalized. Decades later, can psychiatrist Janet help Nora overcome her past? “A haunting, heart-wrenching but ultimately heartwarming novel told in beautiful prose” (USA Today bestselling author Gill Thompson).

The New York Times and USA Today bestseller A revealing, dramatic, deeply personal book about the most significant events of…

Discover untold secrets with this extraordinary memoir of drama and tragedy by Anne Glenconner–a close member of the royal circle…

A stunning, complex narrative about the fractured legacy of a decades-old double murder in rural West Virginia — and the…

As heard on the New Yorker Radio Hour: The triumphant and “engaging history” (The New Yorker) of the young women…