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Orphan Train (which I really liked) and A Piece of the World (which I loved), tells the story of three women's becomes pregnant and is ultimately sent to prison in “the land beyond the seas"; Hazel, a savvy young woman

The two women clash, resisting their reliance on each other as they become more deeply intertwined.

To honor his friend, he'll need to be strong enough for Maisie and Grant, despite his own pain and fears

But on today's flight, an elderly woman is causing a major disruption. He's struggling to maintain two relationships--one with Naomi, a playful younger woman, and one with

The book seems to lend itself to an audiobook format because of Odenkirk's strong voice and manner of

of being a Black female lawyer in what seems like an Atlanta company that is increasingly hostile to women

colleges and programs; college abroad; diversity and compatibility of peers and potential partners; women's

Caroline O'Donoghue is also the author of Scenes of a Graphic Nature, Promising Young Women, and the

nonfiction account of the immense power of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s and how the bravery of a young woman 01 A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Stephenson was a con man and womanizer who had told enough enormous lies to reinvent himself into one But when he met a young woman and promised her career assistance, then abused his position, she threatened

she pokes fun at her fellow writer in a sketch about talented but average-looking men dating gorgeous women

shared with her deceased husband, and issues surrounding the secret threaten to crack her formerly strong

Cribb, Widow of the South by Robert Hicks, Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy by Karen Abbott, and Enemy Women It is a strange thing, after all, to be able to return to a moment, when it can hardly be said to have detail the hardscrabble life of a newly freed Black person—and the often desperate circumstances of women (especially Black women) without men to protect them at the time.

Donoghue's captivating historical fiction centers around two real-life young women in an early 1800s

Ursule Orchière watches her mother fooling local women with her false spells, using her family history

A friend's borrowed, rambling home becomes a house for unwed mothers and mothers-to-be, with the women

billions, those who willfully, blatantly, and continually threatened and stole from their countrymen and -women Browder's writing occasionally stopped me with clunky-feeling descriptions (for example, women's looks

male-dominant battle system and their qi is used to boost the men's efforts, often at enormous cost to the women begins to suspect that none of the fighters know the true hierarchy of pilot qi power and believes the women's

Reading Now I'm reading Emma Donoghue's newest historical fiction, Learned by Heart, set at an 1800s women's

Night, Fast the Wolves, Meg Long's debut young adult science fiction about a wolf and a gritty young woman's Festival Days is not light reading: "Cheri" delves into the last days of a woman who is terminally ill mentions of endless projects, ideas, collaborations, and plans make clear she's one of the hardest working women

situation of trapped girls devolving into paranoia, mayhem, fury, and destruction, with a wonderfully strong thought the teen girls’ “magic” and its perception by the girls themselves (and especially by the men and women

is caught in the bardo, a limbo between life and death, and she encounters other stuck characters in strange There's a scene made up of strange dynamics in which Sandra is perilously stuck in a cave tunnel during

This is a slim book that's full of heart and strange, captivating details of Chambers's imagined world 03 Hester: A Novel by Laurie Lico Albanese In Hester: A Novel, Laurie Lico Albanese reimagines the woman

persons detective who experiences a personal tragedy and dives into solving the disappearances of young women anonymity and an escape to the woods to grieve and be alone, but she quickly finds out that a young local woman forgotten the heartbreak of that day, nor has there been very much healing from the pain of a young woman's this book, please see Deadly Education. 05 Normal People by Sally Rooney Marianne, a solitary young woman This sci-fi thriller is about the forces that drive apart a husband and wife, but it's not the other-woman

And he emphasizes his own strong belief (and the supporting data) that what a young person does with

from the decades-old mystery and deaths at the villa to the growing unease in the present between two women

The swirl of events draws other innocent young women into Miryem's complicated web and toward potential Ji Lin doesn’t fit the mold of a typical woman from 1930s Malaysia or that of the British colonists living She speaks her mind and ruffles feathers even as she exploits assumptions about women, sexual attraction The Dragon keeps them safe from the Wood, but at a high price: each year he demands one young woman from

Hannah Brooks, an innocent-looking bodyguard for a superstar action hero; I'm listening to The Book Woman Hannah Brooks looks like the young woman next door--but she's actually an Executive Protection Agent- prepublication audiobook version of this book courtesy of MacMillan Audio and NetGalley. 02 The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson Kim Michele Richardson's The Book Woman of Troublesome The book's sequel is The Book Woman's Daughter, published earlier this year. 03 Weather Girl by Rachel

01 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams Williams's historical fiction mystery--based on real-life In Beatriz Williams's historical fiction, Our Woman in Moscow, it's 1948, and Iris Digby, her American I loved Williams's immersive story so much, I was in for all of Our Woman in Moscow's elements: Russia For my full review, check out Our Woman in Moscow. 02 In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom Stout Stout's middle-grade story is irresistibly strange, full of difficulties and a tough young heroine's

To honor his friend, he'll need to be strong enough for Maisie and Grant, despite his own pain and fears

collaboration; and historical fiction with a touch of magical realism about a brave young enslaved woman 01 Isola by Allegra Goodman Isola , based upon the story of a real-life sixteenth-century woman, shifts A Southern Woman's Guide to Laughing at Life's Unexpected Curveballs and Beautiful Blessings by Leanne Her voice is a striking, uniquely nasal Southern drawl, and her Netflix special "I'm Every Woman" features Crosby Eckstine's richly detailed historical fiction explores the life of Junie, an enslaved young woman

From dung beetles to a 44,000-year-old shrub; from the incredibly strong, tiny peacock mantis shrimp

released after 22 months' imprisonment for the drunk-driving accident in which she killed an older woman But as the wedding week goes on, each woman is surprised by what she discovers about herself and the

rural art commission to a leisurely country-wide search, an unlikely obsession, moments of brutality, strange Heart by Emma Donoghue Donoghue's captivating historical fiction centers around two real-life young women

and she believes they're linked to the curse that the community believes has its hold on the Farrow women

Then something really strange happens. As Evie's putting her former favorite romance books into a Little Free Library, a wizened old woman approaches

The women's lifelong friendship felt like the heart of the story and was a fantastic element. The grown women's lives aren't what they envisioned, but they remain tightly bound and even (somehow, The women's lifelong friendship felt like the heart of the story and was a fantastic element.

In a life-and-death moment, the kids laugh and try to insult the woman who is threatening them and possibly easy to imagine that as a kidnapped teen who has demonstrated a rebellious streak and an increasingly strong

her grandparents lived and where she was born, here offers stories spanning forty years, featuring women

I really enjoyed Fowler's book A Well-Behaved Woman. The outdated views of women, purity, careers, and education expressed repeatedly and in detail by Juniper's

newest Western-set story by Olivia Hawker, she tells the tale of the interconnected lives of three women

rural art commission to a leisurely country-wide search, an unlikely obsession, moments of brutality, strange Bracken's story offered sassy banter that I loved, a great enemies-to-(not-quite)-lovers setup, a strong

who resents Penny's long-ago abandonment of him but knows that the girl he once adored is an innocent woman

study conclusions: "The average SAT score of schools that rejected a student is more than twice as strong

seemingly insurmountable complications; chosen family; and the healing power of love--in this atmospheric, strange Birdie allows herself to overlook his strange behavior because he cares for them and offers an immersive

navigates danger and helps achieve justice by using her smarts, eschewing societal tradition and limits on women

Miller has a strong, passionate grasp of widely experienced inequalities—and ideas of how to chip away

coast of California; and Dark Roads, Chevy Stevens's suspenseful novel, out next week, about young women is set in the wilderness and rugged terrain of British Columbia, along a highway where unsuspecting women

“In the end, the courage of women can’t be stamped out, and stories—the big ones, the true ones, can gasped and enveloped law firms, and PR shops, and executive suites, and industries; that swallowed women was so distracted by Farrow’s versions of others’ voices and accents—*especially* the way he voiced women

Hazel is a strong personality, and I found myself bristling at her questioning whether she's too much about the unrealistic body images of the stars of Main Squeeze (a reality TV show in which a single woman

be cruel, ruthless, and he's Wren's sworn enemy, a deadly force who has destroyed her countrymen and women Hoffman's The World That We Knew--featured in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women