Browsing: Women’s Studies

A passionate new book from the award-winning, internationally bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, A Long Petal of the Sea, and more! Allende reflects on her path as a modern woman and feminist, from defiant young girl to fledgling writer to the author, partner, and matriarch she is now. “A bold exploration of womanhood, feminism, parenting, aging, love, and more” (Associated Press).

“Witty and ingeniously crafted” (Wall Street Journal bestselling author Kerry Lonsdale): Tech executive Carly can’t wait to marry the man of her dreams. But her world is turned upside down when she discovers her fiancé is already wed to Ryn — her company’s top investor! Can the two women overcome heartbreak together?

As Diana surveyed her newborn baby’s face, languid body, and absent cry, she knew something was wrong. Then the doctors…

Forty years after the unsolved 1969 murder of Harvard student Jane Britton, undergrad Becky Cooper heard the rumors — and began a 10-year journey in search of the truth… A “searching, atmospheric, and ultimately entrancing” book from an author “who ushers us through the many twists and turns” (Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Say Nothing).

From Audrey Carlan, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Calendar Girl series. Biker Brit (Biker Beauties #3)…

In The White Album, Joan Didion famously wrote that “a place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it…

WITH A NEW FOREWARD Journalist Seyward Darby’’s “masterfully reported and incisive” (Nell Irvin Painter) exposé pulls back the curtain on…

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “One of the most important books of the current moment.”—Time   “A rousing call to…

“Electrifying” (Library Journal): In this NPR Best Book of 2018, a Black feminist hailed as “one of our fiercest voices in the new generation of African American thinkers” (Essence) explores Black women’s anger and its power to change society. A “funny, wrenching, pithy, and pointed” memoir (The New Republic).

“In Vagina Problems…Lara Parker unpacks the personal and economic costs of endometriosis.” –Vanity Fair “A refreshingly honest read about living…