Tuesday, July 14 2009
Not Becoming My Mother by Ruth Reichl
The painful story of Miriam Reichl provides a good introduction for young people who don’t understand what the feminist movement was all about.
Tuesday, June 5 2007
How to Hepburn: Lessons on Living from Kate the Great by Karen Karbo
What Kate could teach us: Author gleans self-help lessons from the life of the screen legend Katharine Hepburn.
Wednesday, May 30 2007
Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations by Georgina Howell
Exploring the life of an adventurer who broke the mold of the Victorian-era woman.
Wednesday, May 23 2007
The Mistresss Daughter by A.M. Homes
Adoptee finds she suddenly needs truth when past surfaces in The Mistress's Daughter by A.M. Homes.
