women authors

Divided chronologically by time period, looks at the careers of women writers, including Jane Austen, Anne Frank and Maya Angelou, discussing their experiences and imaginations.

Juliet Ashton, a thirty-year-old author, writes to her publisher expressing her desire to stop covering the aftermath of WWII, but Guernsey farmer Dawsey Adams invites neighbors to write to Juliet with their stories, which puts her off at first but eventually helps her find inspiration for her next book, and her life.

Describes the story of three young women: Jojo, a businesswoman having a relationship with her boss, Lily, a client of Jojo's, and Gemma, whose ex-boyfriend now belongs to Lily.

A brief biography of author Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Presents a summary of "A Raisin in the Sun" along with character lists, plot discussions, historical context of the work, an author biography, study questions, and essay topic suggestions, with illustrations.

"A biography of American author Laura Ingalls Wilder, who is best known for her "Little House" books, plus a chapter of creative writing tips. Find out more about this remarkable writer and the entertaining and unforgettable characters she created. This is an AV2 media enhanced book. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. This book comes alive with video, audio, weblinks, slide shows, activities, hands-on experiments, and much more" -- Provided by publisher.

"Male literary friendships are the stuff of legend, but the world's most celebrated female authors are usually mythologized as solitary eccentrics or isolated geniuses. Friends Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney prove this wrong, thanks to their investigations into a wealth of surprising collaborations, such as the friendships between George Eliot and Harriet Beecher Stowe or Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield. Drawing on letters and diaries, some of which have never been published before, A Secret Sisterhood resurrects these stories of female friendships and literary collaborations."--OCLC.

During Eleanor and Anthony Edevane's 1933 Midsummer Eve party, their daughter, Alice, a budding writer, falls in love for the first time. However, the night is fated to be remembered in tragedy as Alice's infant brother, Theo, is kidnapped from his crib. The Edevane family abandons the country house, never to return. Seventy years later, Detective Constable Sadie Sparrow discovers the overgrown house, and seeks out the now-elderly and famous Alice for answers and the uncovering of old secrets.

PJ Wallis has had incredible success with her novels about Monica, a young Manhattan women living life her way. With the commercial success and blockbuster films that have come from the books, everyone seems to want PJ to keep writing more Monica books. But PJ is ready for something else. And it will take some serious work to achieve the reinvention of herself she's hoping for.