Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book

From Gina Scaglione author: Love, Susan Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book  This book is a lifesaver for any woman. However, for women facing health problems, specifically those related to the breast, this book may actually be the difference between life and death. I can not say how helpf this book has been. Thank you Dr. [...]

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Oh No She Didn’t

From Laura Bracco author: Kelly, Clinton Oh No She Didn’t Too funny review of commom mistakes women make in fashion. Pix too!

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The road of lost innocence

From Jackie Cantwell author: Mam, Somaly The road of lost innocence  This is the true story of a Cambodian woman who was sold into prostitution at the age of sixteen.  Somaly was abandoned by her birth parents when she was about five years old. A neighbor in her northeastern Cambodian village of Bou Sra took [...]

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Living a Charmed Life

From Cindy Schwartz author: Moran, Victoria Living a Charmed Life “Living a Charmed Life” is a wonderfully written inspirational book that women of all ages would enjoy reading.  It is the type of book that one could sit and read for an hour or two, or occasionally for a quick “pick me up”.  I was [...]

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The merry recluse: a life in essays

From Jackie Cantwell author: Knapp, Caroline The merry recluse: a life in essays  This was published posthumously in 2004. The compiler is Sandra Shea, her former editor. The author died of lung cancer in 2002 at the age of 42.  Ms. Knapp was a columnist for the Boston Phoenix, an alternative newspaper, and her essays [...]

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Seaworthy : a swordboat captain returns to the sea

From Jackie Cantwell author: Greenlaw, Linda Seaworthy : a swordboat captain returns to the sea Linda Greenlaw wrote The hungry ocean, The lobster chronicles, and more. She was played by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in the film “The perfect storm.” The book opens with Linda in jail in Newfoundland, so you know something goes wrong.  Linda [...]

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Orange Is The New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison

From Andrea Payne author: Kerman, Piper  Orange Is The New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison This is unlike any ‘prison’ story you’ve ever come across. Piper Kerman writes about and accepts responsibility for a drug trafficking crime she committed in her youth. Ten years later, the feds come knocking and the Smith College [...]

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Let’s take the long way home: a memoir of friendship

From Jackie Cantwell author: Caldwell, Gail Let’s take the long way home: a memoir of friendship This is an account of the author’s friendship with Caroline Knapp, the author of Pack of two and Drinking: a love story (among others), who died of lung cancer in 2002 at the age of 42.  I liked Ms. [...]

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Tip it: the world according to Maggie

Jackie Cantwell author: Griffin, Maggie Tip it: the world according to Maggie  This is a fast read. Fans of Kathy Griffin: My life on the D-list, the Bravo channel TV show, will probably want to read Kathy’s mother, Maggie’s, life story.  Kathy even adds her comments to the text, which are in brackets and italics.  [...]

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I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced

From Elaine Conner author: Ali, nujood I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced This story is told in the voice of the heroine, Nujood, simply and clearly.  Nujood is a young girl from Yemen who is married off at the age of ten to a man three times her age,even though it is illegal to [...]

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