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The Wednesday Sisters: A Novel by Meg Waite Clayton
Five women, wives of engineers, doctors and scientists who have relocated to California to further their careers, meet in the summer of 1968 at a Palo Alto children's playground. They start a ...
(September 2008)
I Want It Now : Navigating Childhood in a Materialistic World by Donna Bee-Gates
Are our children becoming more and more materialistic? Are we giving them too much? Donna Bee-Gates explores the world of materialism in the lives of children and discusses how media, advertising, peers ...
(April 2007)
Caring For Your Parents, the Complete AARP Guide by Hugh Delehanty and Elinor Ginzler
Caring For Your Parents is a book with a simple title that addresses a formidable topic. The book is eloquent, not in its presentation, but in its thoughtfulness and comprehensiveness in coverage. ...
(September 2006)
The Friend Who Got Away by Jenny Offill and Elissa Schappell (editors)
Jenny Offill and Elissa Schnappell, who both contributed tales of their own lost friendships to this collection, have edited a fascinating and moving anthology of essays by women that virtually all women ...
(September 2005)
Locas by Yxta Maya Murray
Readers are invited into the raw world of gang life in L.A. from the perspectives of two young women, Cecilia and Lucia. They'll give you a tour of Echo Park, the only ...
(April 2005)
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Jhumpa Lahiri has followed up her Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of short stories Interpreter of Maladies with a lyrically crafted novel entitled The Namesake. The story of a Indian-American whose father ...
(February 2005)
Little Friend by Donna Tartt
When Harriet was just a baby, her brother Robin was found hanging in a tree. The crime (or accident) was never solved. Now twelve years later, Harriet decides to spend her summer ...
(March 2004)
Legend of Fire Horse Woman by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
In Japan women born under the tragic sign Fire Horse, a ruinous birth date that occurs once every sixty years, were destined to remain untamed by men and were to be avoided ...
(January 2004)
Three Daughters by Letty Cottin Pogrebin
You may remember Ms. Pogrebin, as I do, from the seventies when she was a co-founder of 'Ms' magazine, and her articles were frequently published in many popular magazines in addition to ...
(August 2003)
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
In his fourth novel, Richard Russo continues to examine the lives of memorable yet supposedly unheroic characters in the once prosperous town of Empire Falls. Spanning three generations around the central character, ...
(October 2001)
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