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attention to unspoken bonds, deep and unorthodox friendships, makeshift families, legendary dogs, and strong A woman recognizes him and impulsively spills the story of her mother Margot Bamborough's mysterious

Our main protagonist puzzles and angers those around her by challenging the limitations of what women or say in the year 1400, and the Church is particularly galled and upset by the audacity of such a woman

Sabbath and what doing so means to her; she considers alternative interpretations regarding some of the women

have felt overused from use in other stories (a tough, closed-off investigator, broken by her past; a strong

In Michelle Moran's novel Maria , she uses two timelines to shape the story of the real woman behind

weighty questions about identity, reality, motives, and events of the past threaten the lives of both women

This is a novel, but the spirit of the book felt authentic to what we know about Carrie Fisher's strong

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

When a mysterious woman washes up half-dead on the remote island of Shearwater, home of the world's largest

violence is so out of character for Luke, the hostages are never identified, and Luke was behaving strangely Are the strange coordinates she's receiving on her phone after seven years a message from Luke?

When the women are tipped off by their accidental underworld contacts that there's a hit out on Finlay's

into a destructive relationship with a volatile older artist, while Sunny is living with an American woman

Hazel is a strong personality, but I found myself bristling at her questioning whether she's too much

In Beautyland, Bertino offers a poignant, funny, strange story full of extraterrestrial observations Beautyland is strange, poignant, and funny.

It is a strange thing, after all, to be able to return to a moment, when it can hardly be said to have

have felt overused from use in other stories (a tough, closed-off investigator, broken by her past; a strong Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May, The Arctic Fear by Greer Macallister, Woman

Crosby Eckstine's richly detailed historical fiction explores the life of Junie, an enslaved young woman

have felt overused from use in other stories (a tough, closed-off investigator, broken by her past; a strong Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May, The Arctic Fear by Greer Macallister, Woman

Set in sixth century Scotland, The Forgotten Kingdom traces the story of Languoreth, a strong, imprisoned

The Piano Tuner is a strange, slowly paced adventure story but also an anti-imperialist, pro-music take

Carrie Fisher The Princess Diarist is based upon the diaries Carrie Fisher kept while she was a young woman A Writer's Life by Lee Smith “...the linear, beginning-middle-end form doesn’t fit the lives of any women

In the charming story We'll Prescribe You a Cat , a winding, hard-to-find Kyoto alleyway leads to a strange

He's struggling to maintain two relationships--with Naomi, a playful and uninhibited younger woman, and

Inland by Téa Obreht Much of Téa Obreht's Inland is centered around Nora, an impulsive, hot-tempered, strong woman fighting for a hardscrabble life for her family in a remote town during a devastating drought.

It's a fairytale-like love letter to Paris in which a staid young woman has almost magical encounters

and Irish Stories Donal Ryan is also the author of The Queen of Dirt Island ,  The Spinning Heart ,  Strange

his 1940 Ford, driving fast, avoiding federal agents, and living with his grandmother, a healer with strong

When the women are tipped off by their accidental underworld contacts that there's a hit out on Finlay's

used to love, who resents his own abandonment but knows that the girl he once adored is an innocent woman

This was sweet and strange, and I really liked it.

Chona is one link between the two groups, serving as the key nonjudgmental middle-woman in the story.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Our Woman in Moscow, Beatriz Williams's story of Cold War espionage 01 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams In Beatriz Williams's historical fiction, Our Woman in Moscow

indicate Cozy Mystery (well, aside from the blood in the teacup), while the story feels more intricate and strange

1960s girl groups, their often working-class backgrounds, and the power disconnects between the young women

II-set books, you might also like the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women

In City of Girls, Gilbert writes about a young woman's coming of age in 1940s New York City and traces Vivian, now an older woman, is writing letters to a younger woman about her own youthful indiscretions entertaining, sexy, and an interesting burst of feminism and freedom in an era when many believed that a woman's

The Humans is funny, strange, deep, and lovely. I loved it. on each other's nerves work together to determine who is responsible for a puzzling murder and other strange But the young woman he has found may have died of an ancient virus, and thawing the body for study could

author of The Island of Missing Trees . 03 Spellslinger (Spellslinger #1) by Sebastien De Castell “I’m a woman

The long-ago brutal death of a young woman in the town was introduced early but faded in weight in what

Williamson In an alternate 1923 London, a young woman inadvertently disturbs the peace between humans

and helps achieve justice by using her smarts, eschewing societal tradition and traditional limits on 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

and unrest--which spurs on some citizens to attempt to shift the kingdom toward becoming a land with strong

In a world of the near future, a young (unnamed) woman is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious building bonds deeper than either could have imagined; the love story between the bridge and Gore is strange

But his mother's story helped Jost set the scene for his own origins and his strong Staten Island roots

Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Rachel Hartman's Tess of the Road, fantasy about a headstrong young woman In Hartman's Tess of the Road, Tess doesn't fit the mold of an obedient, quiet young woman in her medieval (I love a "woman dresses as a man to achieve an end" trope!)

They were all strange. They were all flawed. Together, they managed to survive.

Clever beavers feature heavily in this book, and I never felt as though this strange element gelled with

Rebecca Serle's love letter to Italy plays with time to allow a grieving young woman to know her mother I enjoyed how Serle played with time to allow a young woman to know her mother at her same age.

I loved the dark academia setting; the brilliant, socially awkward, unlikely heroine Neema; and the strange