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Women's Literature
Little Women—Louisa May Alcott
~The classic novel about four sisters growing up in the late 1800’s
Into The Woods—VC Andrews
~Part of the DeBeers series, this is the story of a girl who leaves her sensible life as the daughter of a military man when he dies in a plane accident, and moves to the glitz and glamour of the Florida beaches with her mother.
A Satire of the Sexes—Brantenberg
~An interesting story that looks at what the world would be like if women were the dominant sex.
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants-- Ann Brashars
~The story of a pair of pants and four friends going separate ways for the summer for the first time. A great coming of age type story.
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood—Ann Brashars
~As the title suggests, the second summer with the pants. Shocking the girls haven’t grown! Hehe.
Abeng- Michelle Cliff
~ A coming of age story that also tells the story of colonial Jamaica
Mommy Dearest—Christina Crawford
~ This is the story of Christina Crawford’s own life, growing up with her alcoholic, abusive actress mother, Joan Crawford.
A Knight In Shining Armor—Jude Deveraux
~ A widow is depressed and feels like she will never fall in love again. Then she is sent back in time and swept off her feet.
The Horse Whisperer—Nicholas Evans
~ After losing her leg in a terrible accident that drives her horse insane a girl thinks she will never be happy or ride again, so her mother takes her to Montana to a horse whisperer who cures her horse and her spirit.
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man—Fanny Flagg
~ The summer a girl spends in her home town in Mississippi and her fathers scheme to save his business
Diary of a Young Girl—Anne Frank
~ The diary of Anne Frank, a girl hiding during WWII with her family
Mothers and Daughters—Diana Gabaldon
~ Stories about mother daughter bonding
Troy—Adel Geras
~ The story of two orphan sisters’ struggle with love and life during the Trojan War
Such Devoted Sisters—Eileen Goudge
~ The story of two sisters who leave their abusive step father after the death of their has-been actress mother, and strike out on their own in New York.
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden—Hannah Green
~ The story of a girl’s journey into madness and back out again.
Exposure—Kathryn Harrison
~ A book about a girl remembering her fathers life after his passing and how it affected her.
Female Intelligence—Jane Heller
~ A book about a woman going head to head with a man in her office.
Kissing Doorknobs—Terry Springer Hesser
~ A look at the life of a girl diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Girl, Interupted—Suzanna Kaysen
~ The story told by a girl who was committed and diagnosed with a borderline personality and how she at last got out and found the difference between herself and her friends in the ward.
She’s Come Undone—Wally Lamb
~ The story of Dolores and her traumatic life, from childhood to adulthood. She deals with rape, obesity, the death of a gay friend, and of course, finding her true self to be happy.
Jewel—Bret Lott
~ The story of a mother caring for her daughter who has Downs syndrome back when such people were cruelly called Mongolian idiots for the appearance of their eyes. She fights to get her daughter an education and a good life.
Mother, Help Me Live—Lurlene McDaniels
~ A girl finds out she is adopted when she needs a bone marrow transplant and needs to find her birth mother to live.
I Was Amelia Earhart—Jane Mendelson
~ A fictional account of what may have happened to Amelia Earhart and her navigator after they disappeared that depicts them landing on an uncharted island, stranded and how they learn to live there, and live together and get along.
Lisa, Bright and Dark—John Neufeld
~ The story of a girl who knew she was going crazy, but no adults believed her, so her friends try to give her therapy and get her real help.
Black and Blue—Anna Quindlen
~ The suspense novel about a woman who runs away from her abusive husband with her child and their struggle to survive.
Pandora—Anne Rice
~ The life of the vampire Pandora, dating back to ancient Greece
Icy Sparks—Gwyn Hyman Rubio
~ A book about a girl learning to cope with tourette’s syndrome
The Woman Who Lived In A Prolouge—Nina Schneider
~ The story of a woman, after her children are all grown, learning to make herself happy
The Witch of Blackbird Pond—Elisabeth George Speare
~ Kit Tyler grew up in the Caribbean but is sent to live with relatives she has never met in New England. Strange things begin to happen in the house and everyone suspects her!
Intent To Harm—Stan Washburn
~ A suspense thriller about a man who targets women and teases them by stealthfully getting into their homes and making his visit known only by objects slightly out of place, until he attacks.
Little Altars Everywhere, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood—Rebecca Wells
~ the books about Vivian Walker and her friends growing up in the south in the 40s and fifties, and Sidda, her daughter, growing up in the fifties and sixties.
Prozac Nation—Elisabeth Wurtzel
~ The story of a girl growing up with clinical depression
Non Fiction
Shark Lady—Ann McGovern
~ A short biography about Eugene Clark, a famous oceanographer who was one of the first women to really get into the field of ichthyology, and the challenges she over came.
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls—Dr. Mary Pipher
~ An analysis of life in America for today’s teenage girls with case studies and words from the authors own life.
The Women’s Book of Soul—Sue Patton Thoele
~ A book to inspire women
Journal Celebrating Wild Women—Wild Women
~ A journal with quotes on the pages from women throughout history
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