women

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women

A piece of my heart

the stories of 26 American women who served in Vietnam
1986
Nurses, WACs, USO and Red Cross workers, entertainers, and civilian volunteers tell of their experiences.

The scarlet letter

2009
Classic tale about Hester Prynne, her lover, their child, and Hester's husband, and the effect of sin on the mind and spirit of these characters.

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt

a novel
2010
Twelve-year-old CeeCee Honeycutt has taken care of her psychotic mother, Camille, for years, but when tragedy strikes, CeeCee is rescued by her great-aunt, Tootie Caldwell, who moves CeeCee to Savannah and introduces her to an exotic, unknown world filled with eccentric women who change CeeCee's life.

Three to get deadly

1998
Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is saddled with the unpopular task of tracking down beloved candy store owner Uncle Mo after he skips bond on a minor charge, and to make matters worse, she has acquired an unwanted sidekick in former hooker Lula and is once again enchanted by undercover cop and sometimes boyfriend Joe Morelli.

Peace and plenty

finding your path to financial serenity
2010
A collection of excerpts from magazines, books, and newspapers, mostly from the Great Depression, and the author's own personal life stories to reassure and inspire women who are in financial despair.

Memoirs of a geisha

a novel
1997
Nitta Sayuri, a young Japanese woman who was taken from her home at the age of nine and sold into slavery as a geisha, discovers a rare opportunity for freedom when the outbreak of World War II forces an end to the only life she has ever known.

Janis Joplin

rise up singing
2010
A biography of rock musician Janis Joplin, with photographs and anecdotes from those who knew her, covering her work to improve as a singer, struggle against authority, and love for her mother.

The wrong blood

a novel
2010
Maria Antonia Etxarri, the daughter of the owner of a bar where a distinguished businessman dies of a stroke, is forced to confront the ghosts of her past when a lie from decades earlier comes back to haunt her.

When everything changed

the amazing journey of American women from 1960 to the present
2010
Examines the history of women in America from the 1960s and into the early twenty-first century, discussing politics, fashion, popular culture, economics, sex, families, the workforce, and related topics.

America's women

four hundred years of dolls, drudges, helpmates, and heroines
2007
Chronicles the history of American women over the course of four hundred years, from the lost colony of Roanoke to the twenty-first century, discussing how they felt about marriage, work, and sex, looking at the influences on their lives, and examining the causes they championed.

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