story that also focuses on racy reads from the 1980s in the form of past and current book clubs for women

She made me feel that I deeply understood the potential circumstances of how a woman without grand ambitions

World War II Warsaw Ghetto, Jaryk Smith arrives in New York City and falls in love with a Southern woman

And what on earth is her purpose in stringing along Hayden and Alice for a month--if she even intends

and class, a deadly fear of scandal, and terrible mistreatment of those in lower castes, especially women When Kacey disappears and a string of murders rock the community, everyone is suspect and Mickey's desire

is difficult to pin down; there's dark humor, a haunting thread of tragedy, some irreverence, strange

These three women's stories seem like they couldn't be more disparate, and I imagine the tones will be

reading Wiley Cash's upcoming Southern mystery, When Ghosts Come Home; A Thousand Ships, Natalie Haynes's woman-centric Morrow. 02 A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes I'm listening to Haynes read her highly entertaining woman-centric

Adunni is a tough young woman determined to have a voice and emerge from her oppressive situation, and She's a tough young woman determined to have a voice and emerge from her oppressive situation, and she's

McCurdy has had a one-woman show "I'm Glad My Mom Died," and she writes and directs films and writes

In Kelly Link's strange, intriguing debut novel, The Book of Love , teenagers Mo, Daniel, and Laura have

The men in this story largely control the women, including their abilities to voice concerns, contact

a young volunteer, Bridie, over the course of three days as they work desperately to help both the women

This is a clever, strange, dark, and often darkly funny fantasy.

Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Amy Harmon's Revolutionary War-set historical fiction about a young woman

This was sweet and strange, and I really liked it. that someone is plunging the party down through layers of reality, through echoes of time in which strange

She's asked to play the role of maid to an unassuming, wealthy young woman in a dastardly plot to take the woman's inheritance and leave her to rot in an insane asylum.

She had never recognized any curiosity or attraction to women before, but in this memoir, Wizenberg recounts

or acknowledge race; the differences between prejudice, discrimination, and racism; and how "white women's

She goes to sleep satisfied, but wakes up in another life: a strange apartment, a different boyfriend This was strange and compelling. For my full review, please check out The Bone Clocks .

01 Maame: A Novel by Jessica George Maame (ma-meh) has many meanings in Twi but in my case, it means woman

As a woman once reminded her a long time ago, the common denominator in all the terrible things that

rural Idaho; Wendy Heard's fast-paced California-set thriller about an infatuation between two young women

love a Gold Rush story, and a young adult story, and a story about "otherness" and about brave young women

Crouch In the first book in Blake Crouch's Wayward Pines trilogy, secret agent Ethan Burke wakes up in a strange

explores his Jewish faith, forms a community of friends, ponders life, then falls in love with a Southern woman

morning self-greeting), but I thoroughly enjoyed and felt calmed by listening to this wise, kind, savvy woman

She's a black young woman supporting residents who are largely white, and Reid shows widespread entitled

The war and all its deprivations seem relentless, but for Cristabel, there is a strange and guilty thrill

Theatre by Joanna Quinn The war and all its deprivations seem relentless, but for Cristabel, there is a strange

particularly urgent to stop the current-day killing--was necessary for the story, yet throughout, this seemed strange

mentions of endless projects, ideas, collaborations, and plans make clear she's one of the hardest working women

what many of her fellow female students put up with from young men who won't hear no and don't treat women

But the year-old mysterious disappearance of Kim Gillespie, a young woman from the area, hooks Falk and

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

The woman's graceful ability to cope with her past trauma and dark history inspires Greta, who struggles

Strange things begin happening to Cassie and Izzy when Cassie takes possession of the book, and soon

She recalls how as a young woman she felt hemmed in by hippie culture and also by the societal opposition

But August's adorably quirky roommates and a mystery woman she keeps running into on the Q train might

earlier, Remy failed to protect her young charge, and now she's determined to locate the grown-up young woman

A woman recognizes him and impulsively spills the story of her mother Margot Bamborough's mysterious

to Charm You, and I recently mentioned it again in my review of Natalie Haynes's A Thousand Ships, a woman-centered

these books . 05 Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino In Beautyland , Bertino offers a poignant, funny, strange 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

modern day, she serves primarily as a catalyst for Jess's arrival and amateur sleuthing, and it seemed strange

character of Maud Blyth expects plenty of adventure when she agrees to serve as companion to an elderly woman

Everhart includes one of my favorite setups, in which a woman dresses as a man in order to achieve some

Bridget falls for a fellow "sporting woman," and when the Buffalo Queen is threatened, she must determine

The retelling swirls with family drama, intrigue, bravery--and a young woman determined to make her mark

The author explores her own wonder, joy, loss, and peace as she reflects on the formidable woman after

I’m not sure how to feel about the construct of having a young woman’s desire to gain acknowledgment her brother’s likely future levels—which she also deserved but which were seemingly impossible for a woman