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1) Finding me
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"In my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life changing decision to stop running forever. This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and beyond. This is the path I took to finding my purpose and my strength, but also to finding my voice in a world that didn't always see me. As I wrote Finding Me, my eyes were open to the truth of how...
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2019.
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English
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"A conversation between friends Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark about what they've learned from their biggest mistakes, their most triumphant successes, their favorite therapists, and their mutual obsession with true crime. From growing up as latchkey kids to their formative years working at the Gap and Hot Topic to their struggles with substances and mental health, Karen and Georgia share a series of captivating stories about some of the most...
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"In this insightful, funny, and whip-smart book, acclaimed writer Evette Dionne explores the minefields fat Black women are forced to navigate in the course of everyday life. From her early experiences of harassment to adolescent self-discovery in internet chatrooms to a diagnosis of heart failure at age twenty- nine, Dionne tracks her relationship with friends, sex, motherhood, agoraphobia, health, pop culture, and self-image. Along the way, she...
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2014.
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English
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Though born and raised in Detroit, it was in Atlanta that playwright and author Pearl Cleage encountered the forces that would most shape her experience. Married to Michael Lomax, she worked with Atlanta's first African-American mayor Maynard Jackson. Here Cleage charts not only the political fights but also the pull she began to feel on her own passions -- a pull that led her away from Lomax as she grappled with ideas of feminism and self-fulfillment....
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Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Author and artist Lisa Congdon explores the power of women growing older and thriving. From bestselling authors Cheryl Strayed and Caroline Paul, to super-model-turned-activist Christy Turlington and Advanced Style icon Ilona Smithkin, essays by and interviews with individuals who have changed careers, found creative fulfillment, discovered new loves, demonstrated athletic prowess, and rejoiced in a true sense of self; profiles of women in history...
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Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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A collection of essays accompanied by beautiful black-and-white photography from a diverse group of women on the moment they realized they were ready to fight for themselves--including Gloria Steinem, Lena Waithe, Joanna Gaines, Brandi Carlile, Beanie Feldstein, Cynthia Erivo, and Billie Jean King, among others.
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Pearl Editions, LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Drawing on personal experiences and her research of the transformative changes in a woman's life, Anderson illuminates the rewards of nurturing long-neglected talents, revitalizing plans sacrificed to the demands of family, and stretching toward new possibilities and values. Suffused with her candid introspection and humor, these essays offer a panoramic vision of issues that haunt the modern woman.This book means to breathe new life into the reader...
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Cardinal
Pub. Date
2020.
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Français
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"Be well. Isn't this the quest for a lifetime? What if happiness is all about acceptance? First of yourself and then everything else? Several years ago, Julie Bélanger embarked on an introspective journey to get to know herself better and to learn to love herself. She reveals her journey to find confidence and awareness, with humility, vulnerability, and humor." --
"Être bien. N'est-ce pas la quête d'une vie? Et si le bonheur passait tout simplement...
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The Dial Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Jake Keiser was living the life in Tampa, Florida, running a high-powered PR firm and juggling drink dates, shopping sprees, and charity galas. But at age thirty-eight, following a failed marriage, a series of miscarriages, and a still-blistering breakup, she began to suffer from extreme anxiety. Hit with the realization that no amount of Botox could fill the hole in her heart, she decided to make the impulse purchase of a lifetime. She bought a...
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W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"Journalist and NBC reporter Mariana Atencio's fresh, compelling voice resonates powerfully on current cultural topics, such as immigration and global poverty, encouraging individual readers to use their lives to make the world a better place."--Publisher's description.
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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The co-founder of TheLi.st describes the discrimination she endured as a careerwoman without a spouse or child, tracing her midlife journey of self-discovery and how it challenged her beliefs about love, death, sex, friendship, and loneliness.
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