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them: Namesake is Adrienne Young's second and, sadly, final book in her duology about the wonderfully strong , ruthless, clever young seafaring woman, Fable; A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, one of my two favorite Equation, my other favorite read of the month, Christina Lauren's heartwarming, funny story featuring strong Adrienne Young Namesake is the second and, sadly, final book in Young's duology about a wonderfully strong , ruthless, clever young seafaring woman.

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

I had a tough time with the implausible details but appreciated the strong female characters and the broken mother-daughter relationship, and elements of misogyny, battle for control of the self, and the strong strongest and most cohesive part of the story came toward the end, with a search and some resolution, strong

Kimmery Martin's Doctors and Friends, written before the Covid-19 pandemic, centers around a group of women But then Jaouad developed a strange itch in her foot.

When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she's North Carolina's richest woman--and its After Ruby's death, strange murmurings about her past begin to surface, and Cam is forced to face questions

Divya has crafted strong female main protagonists who navigate the sometimes dark, always complicated But Divya is too busy crafting strong female main protagonists (complete with working mother guilt, which The interconnected stories here are made up of strange, affecting situations.

Brodie's quiet little town, he's tediously searching for a stolen painting when he stumbles across a string The woman's greed and desire for greater social standing mean that Luzia attracts the attention of more

They part ways, but the thought of her keeps him strong during the hardships and uncertainty of life Next on my to-read list from her is Enemy Women.

and she believes they're linked to the curse that the community believes has its hold on the Farrow women June would love to end the curse, the fraying of the Farrow women's minds, once and for all--by never

Regarding race, she specifically explores white people's involvement in the oppression of women in Korea

Veronica is a strong and unorthodox main protagonist who finds herself entangled in a dangerous set of Veronica to benefit from the author's own modern sensibilities in A Curious Beginning, but Veronica is a strong

The secondary subjugation explored in the book is that of women by men, and various instances and examples of women's powerlessness are apparent throughout the story. in which the real-life figure of Sarah Grimke makes a slow, twisting shift from her role as a young woman

There are twists, and I enjoyed Grace's strong stand at the end, but by that point I had lost my feeling

heartbreaking relationship "rules" that prevent her from becoming attached, for fear that she won't be strong

But then something really strange happens. Unexpected visions start overwhelming her. Rebecca despairs at her situation, yet she is a wonderfully defiant and strong character--her mother Witches is infuriating in its recounting of the horrific cruelties and tortures enacted against so many women

Charlie begins to realize he feels more of a connection to Dev than to any of the twenty beautiful women

horror might possibly come next, and at times it felt as thought the violence were gratuitous, but the strong

she pokes fun at her fellow writer in a sketch about talented but average-looking men dating gorgeous women Fizzy is a straight talker, a sex-positive woman, and a successful romance writer, but she's never been about the unrealistic body images of the stars of Main Squeeze (a reality TV show in which a single woman

Having inspired women for years as a leader in authenticity and a proponent of healthy relationships,

review of See You Yesterday. 04 The Change by Kristen Miller The Change explores the power of menopausal women In Kristen Miller's novel The Change, set in Mattauk, Long Island, three women cope with various challenges The tone of The Change is largely campy, as middle-aged women heroines unite against the book's sometimes But August's adorably quirky roommates and a mystery woman she keeps running into on the Q train might

The young women's wartime experiences take Viv to glamorous Harrod's, settle Grace in a dusty old bookshop This is funny, strange, and lovely.

In Untamed, Doyle focuses largely on how women can "take up space in the world;" feel and express a full better place. 03 City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert In City of Girls, Gilbert writes about a young woman's Vivian, now an older woman, is writing letters to a younger woman about her own youthful indiscretions

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

01 A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes Natalie Haynes's mythological retellings put women at the center I listened to Haynes read her captivating woman-centric version of events surrounding the Trojan War These are the stories of the women left behind as the men journeyed and sought to inspire songs and stories --often women who may have been able to change the course of events if anyone had listened to them or Haynes's women are vulnerable in order to try to save each other, they carve out meager existences as

It's the perfect reentry to the wonderfully cheeky, strong, faulted character of Tess as she tries yet

01 Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino In Beautyland , Bertino offers a poignant, funny, strange story The source of the boxes is unknown, but it quickly becomes clear that each person's string length correlates Some choose not to look into their boxes at all, while others use the knowledge of their short strings Some with long strings question the participation of "short stringers" in delicate jobs; some couples You may not be surprised by any of the turns each storyline takes here, but the string dilemma leads

When Jenna finds out she didn't get into Harvard (or any Ivy League schools--side note: her strong but

The push and pull of Ginny's strong preferences and opinions and how she is unswayed by consequences

But the situation isn't exactly what it seems, and when a woman comes to town using Evie's birth name I loved the key elements of this story: the capable con woman, the past coming back to haunt her, the

Michelle Moran In Michelle Moran's novel Maria , she uses two timelines to shape the story of the real woman friend in her last remaining roommate, who until then seemed primarily a source of rent; she finds a strange

story--Captain Kidd's reluctant but gentlemanly involvement and his voice; Johanna as a tough young woman I haven't yet read Enemy Women but definitely intend to.

twisty mystery is set against the backdrop of an unforgiving winter on an Australian island, with two women Only when the two women's worlds intersect can they piece together the full stories of their husbands

Much of Ginder's novel is focused on a revenge fantasy, but I was drawn more to Nancy Harrison's strong

McDaniel's novel Betty--set in the foothills of Appalachia and based upon her own family's stories--a young woman Betty is a gem, a sensitive, strong spitfire of a girl.

But Jordan is entranced by Yash, who acts oddly around other women but seems to be himself around her

But she developed a strange itch in her foot. In and among these scenes, Sedaris shares strange, sweet, funny, pivotal moments with each of his living Through Bell's voice we also learn what has shaped the other women of the family: we hear rich stories the difficult relationship between Bobby and her daughter (Kalb's mother) and how it affected each woman's

lives have gone in different directions, and they've always been very different in many ways, yet the women But when Jen's police officer husband is involved in the shooting of a Black teenager, the women's friendship

The two women at the heart of the story are tough as nails but vulnerable with each other.

a young volunteer, Bridie, over the course of three tumultuous days as the fiery, complex, capable women been hamstrung by rules and limitations (so that in many cases all they may offer a birthing or dying woman Donoghue immersed me so fully in the moment-by-moment health and emotional crises; the women's determined

tomorrow; I'm reading Looking for Jane, Heather Marshall's debut novel that links multiple timelines and women's timelines linked through decades by a mysterious letter and enormously important recurring dilemmas for women

deadliest assassins in a clandestine international organization, but now that they're sixty years old, four women It's kill or be killed, and the seasoned women will have to use their years of expertise and experience

hilariously taking on Anne Mom's exasperated manner and messaging), and with intrusive testing for women

found it illuminating to consider his rider and elephant analogy to understand how my impulses to feel strong

and I'm listening to the always-excellent Kate Quinn’s The Rose Code, historical fiction about the women The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun story of three very different women who answer the wartime call to The book jumps between 1940, the beginning of the women's forays into their secret duties and responsibilities

unconventionally built family and a broad surrounding cast of characters--and it's all centered around independent women with unconventional women's roles in society at the time. The Gilded Hour explores how these women's abilities and constraints intersect with women's rights of

Sharratt I've been reading Mary Sharratt's Revelations over the course of this "school year" with my women's Their lives have gone in different directions, but the women still care about each other. When Jen's police officer husband is involved in the shooting of a Black teenager, the women's friendship

But the situation isn't exactly what it seems, and when a woman comes to town using Evie's birth name Roy was shaped by the woman she calls "my shelter and my storm," and she tracks back to her childhood

from Kirsten Miller about middle-aged women coming into their power and coming into their own; Sea of novel The Change, set in Mattauk, Long Island, three women cope with various challenges surrounding aging together and use their newfound abilities to try to solve the mystery of a missing girl: middle-aged women

famed, sought-after "boy player" in Shakespeare's company, and his roles skillfully playing lovely women

The friendship between Dane and Ned was a strong point for me in Panowich's newest book. The Dane and Ned friendship was a strong point for me, and I enjoyed learning more about their past and