A national bestseller from the "prolific and exceptionally insightful" (Globe and Mail) Roxane Gay, Difficult Women is a collection of stories of rare force that paints a wry, beautiful, haunting vision of modern America. Difficult Women tells of hardscrabble lives, passionate loves, and quirky and vexed human connection. The women in these stories live lives of privilege and of poverty, are in marriages both loving and haunted by past crimes or emotional blackmail. A pair of sisters have been inseparable ever since they were abducted together as children, and, grown now, must negotiate the elder sister's marriage. A woman married to a twin pretends not to realize when her husband and his brother impersonate each other. A stripper putting herself through college fends off the advances of an overzealous customer. A black engineer moves to Upper Michigan for a job and faces the malign curiosity of her colleagues and the difficulty of leaving her past behind. From a girls' fight club to a wealthy subdivision in Florida where neighbors conform, compete, and spy on each other, Gay gives voice to a chorus of unforgettable women in a scintillating collection reminiscent of Merritt Tierce, Anne Enright, and Miranda July. Product DetailsISBN-13: 9780802127372 Media Type: Paperback Publication Date: 11-14-2017 Pages: 272 Product Dimensions: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.10dAbout the Author ROXANE GAY is also the New York Times bestselling author of the memoir Hunger; the story collection Difficult Women; the novel An Untamed State, which was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize; the essay collection Bad Feminist; and several comic books in Marvel's Black Panther: World of Wakanda series. She is a recipient of the PEN Center USA Freedom to Write Award, among other honors. She divides her time between Indiana and Los Angeles.
Well-behaved women dont make history: difficult women do. This is the antidote to saccharine you-go-girl fluff. Effortlessly erudite and funny Caroline Criado-Perez Strikers in saris. Bomb-throwing suffragettes. The pioneer of the refuge movement who became a mens rights activist. Forget feel-good heroines: meet the feminist trailblazers who have been…
If 2018 turns out to be anything like 2017, we’re going to need a lot of feminist reading material. Here are twenty-four feminist books to read in 2018.
Women Aren't from Venus, Men Are Pigs! rejects the notion that men and women are from different planets. It offers a more realistic view of the relationships between men and women. It is semi-autobiographical, and it is written as a conversation between the author and the reader, like girlfriends having a talk over coffee or lunch. It is filled with humorous jokes and stories. Some of the stories are difficult, if not painful, to read. All of the stories are true. The women who shared their stories showed remarkable strength and courage. The reader will find it easy to identify with and empathize with the women who shared their stories. The stories will easily evoke a response from the reader, who will want to scream, \"Men are pigs!\"
Bible readings and guided reflections, on the challenges faced by women in the bible. Inspiring Women of the Bible is designed to help women of all ages and backgrounds to see how in circumstances that may seem impossible, there are women who overcame many difficult challenges of their own. Challenges such as: • Feeling alone and overwhelmed • Infertility • Being widowed • Coming from a questionable background • Being in debt • Running a successful business and home • Being doubted and second guessed This 28 day devotional looks at well-known biblical characters such as Esther, who held the responsibility for the lives of others depending on her willingness to act fearlessly, and Hagar who was mocked for her infertility issues. Judith unpacks these stories compassionately and guides the reader through reflective questions that will help to bring truth, strength and encouragement into their own circumstances.
Would it not be wonderful if life was as grand as we all envision? Unfortunately, the sad reality of life is some women carry a lot of accumulated baggage throughout their life that weighs them down emotionally, physically, and spiritually. From life experiences, they carry anger, hurt, abuse, abandonment, pity, fear, and selfishness around for years or maybe even a lifetime. Prior to experiencing some of life's most difficult and devastating moments, most women dream of a fairy-tale wedding; however, no one tells them with a fairy-tale wedding comes real obligations. Without an earthly father filled with God's Holy Spirit, to teach, demonstrate, and nurture her when she is a young girl, she may not ever find or discover how real love feels. Without having properly taught and trained the individuals when they were young, marriages will experience numerous unnecessary struggles, strife, and destruction. This may very well be the reality of having an absentee father. Having an absentee father can lead to other lifelong challenges as well, as you will read in this intriguing book. This book shares a story about one woman's life, the era and events that molded her life, and the power of God that placed her feet on solid ground. It is the desire of Dr. Stacey Nickleberry, the author, to minister and give hope to the readers that everything broken can be mended in your life, once you get out of the driver's seat, move over, and let God direct your paths. | Author: Dr Stacey Nickleberry | Publisher: Clf Publishing | Publication Date: May 27, 2014 | Number of Pages: 134 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback | ISBN-10: 0996081526 | ISBN-13: 9780996081528
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A romance of convenience between two college women soon becomes the real thing.Shy Miwa has always dreamed of finding love, but living in small-town Japan made finding the right match difficult—especially since she likes girls! Even going away to college didn’t seem to help, until one day her outgoing classmate Saeko suggests they might as well start dating each other since it’s not like either of them have other options.Miwa and Saeko are loving the couple life, but a miscommunication in the bedroom proves to be more of a threat to the easy rhythm of their relationship than either thought possible. After all, the past is hard to leave behind, especially when Miwa is invited to a reunion with some of her high school friends, including the first love she never really got over.
