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Little Women

or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy

by Louisa May Alcott, Kathryn Lindskoog

In picturesque nineteenth-century New England, tomboyish Jo, beautiful Meg, fragile Beth, and romantic Amy come of age while their father is off to war.

Runnymede: Book 4

Since the publication of Rubyfruit Jungle in 1973, Rita Mae Brown has been a major American literary voice and a best-selling author. In The Sand Castle , she revisits some of her most unforgettable characters: sisters Juts and Wheezie Hunsenmeir, and Juts’s precocious young daughter, Nickel. It’s August, 1952, and seven-year-old Nickel sets off for a day at the seashore with her mother, aunt, and cousin... (more)

The Help

by Kathryn Stockett

Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step. Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will... (more)

Persuasion

by Jane Austen

Austen's last novel is the crowning achievement of her matchless career. Her heroine, Anne Elliot, a woman of integrity, breeding and great depth of emotion, stands in stark contrast to the brutality and hypocrisy of Regency England. Includes a new Introduction by Margaret Drabble, famed novelist and editor of The Oxford Companion to the English Language.

Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Bronte, Emma Fielding

Jane Eyre is a first-person narrative of the title character, a small, plain-faced, intelligent and honest English orphan. The novel goes through five distinct stages: Jane's childhood at Gateshead, where she is abused by her aunt and cousins; her education at Lowood School, where she acquires friends and role models but also suffers privations; her time as the governess of Thornfield Manor, where she falls in... (more)

Bridget Jones: Book 1

Bridget Jones's Diary

by Helen Fielding

"130 lbs. (how is it possible to put on 4 pounds overnight? Could flesh have somehow solidified becoming denser and heavier (repulsive, horrifying notion)); alcohol units 2 (excellent) cigarettes 21 (poor but will give up totally tomorrow); number of correct lottery numbers 2 (better, but nevertheless useless)" This laugh-out-loud chronicle charts a year in the life of Bridget Jones, a single girl on a... (more)

How to Make an American Quilt

by Whitney Otto

"Remarkable...An affirmation of the strength and power of individual lives, and the way they cannot help fitting together." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW An extraordinay and moving reading experience, HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT is an exploration of women of yesterday and today, who join together in a uniquely female experience. As they gather year after year, their stories, their wisdom, their lives, form the... (more)

Little Altars Everywhere: A Novel

by Rebecca Wells

The companion to the beloved bestseller Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood , here is the funny, heartbreaking, and powerfully insightful tale that first introduced Siddalee, Vivi, their spirited Walker clan, and the indomitable Ya-Yas.

The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love (Running Press Miniature Editions)

The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love (Running Press Miniature Editions)

by Jill Conner Browne

To know the Sweet Potato Queens is to love them, and if you haven't heard about them yet, you will. Since the early 1980s, this group of belles gone bad has been the toast of Jackson, Mississippi, with their glorious annual appearance in the St. Patrick's Day parade. In The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love , their royal ringleader, Jill Conner Browne, introduces the Queens to the world with this sly, hilarious... (more)

Truly Madly Yours (Avon Light Contemporary Romances)

Truly Madly Yours (Avon Light Contemporary Romances)

by Rachel Gibson

WHERE THER'S A WILL. . . When pretty hairdresser Delaney Shaw returned home to Truly, Idaho, for the reading of her stepfather's will, she planned on paying her respects and getting out of town. But it seems the will has some unexpected stipulations-like the one that says if Delaney wants her inheritance she needs to stay put and have nothing to so with sexy Nick Allegrezza. . .for an entire year! THERE'S NO... (more)

The Ice Queen : A Novel

by Alice Hoffman

DESCRIPTION: Alice Hoffman's most spellbinding novel yet--the story of a small-town librarian who, after being struck by lightning, is afforded the opportunity to begin her life anew--is now in trade paperback. A magical story of passion, loss, and renewal, THE ICE QUEEN is Alice Hoffman at her electrifying best.

Patty Jane's House of Curl

by Lorna Landvik

Patty Jane Dobbin should have known better than to marry a man as gorgeous as Thor Rolvaag, but she was too smitten to think twice. Yet nine months into their marriage, with a baby on the way, Thor is gone. It's a good thing Patty Jane has her irrepressible sister, Harriet, to rely on. For it's been said that a fine haircut can cure any number of ills, and before long the Minnesota sisters have opened a... (more)

Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions: Second Edition (Owlet Book)

Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions: Second Edition (Owlet Book)

by Gloria Steinem

This phenomenally successful book, that has sold nearly a half a million copies since its original publication in 1983, is Gloria Steinem's most diverse and timeless collection of essays.

Love Letters, Lost

by Babbette Hines

My Dear Sweetheart: There now: have I made myself clear, and do you see between the lines that I love you very dearly and more constantly from day to day? I am going to turn in now and take this to town with me early tomorrow and tonight I will hug you very close to me and love you ever so much, Sweetie dear. Fondly and affectionately, Kenton (I do love you dear) Love letters. Passionate, sad, ardent, goofy,... (more)

First Generations: Women in Colonial America

First Generations: Women in Colonial America

by Carol Berkin

Carol Berkin's multicultural history reconstructs the lives of American women in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries-women from European, African, and Native backgrounds-and examines their varied roles as wives, mothers, household managers, laborers, rebels, and, ultimately, critical forces in shaping the new nation's culture and history.

The Sweet Potato Queens' Big-Ass Cookbook and Financial Planner

The Sweet Potato Queens' Big-Ass Cookbook and Financial Planner

by Jill Conner Browne

They’re wild, beloved, and all-around fabulous, but with the Sweet Potato Queens, there’re just never enough good times—or enough good eats. Well, now all fabulous women everywhere can have their own mountains of royal fun and food, because bestselling author and Boss Queen Jill Conner Browne is revealing her big-ass top secret recipes—and the events that inspired them—in The Sweet Potato Queens’ Big-Ass Cookbook... (more)

Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea

by Chelsea Handler, Chelsea Handler, Chelsea Handler, Chelsea Handler

THE EAGERLY AWAITED COLLECTION OF PERSONAL ESSAYS FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MY HORIZONTAL LIFE When Chelsea Handler needs to get a few things off her chest, she appeals to a higher power -- vodka. You would too if you found out that your boyfriend was having an affair with a Peekapoo or if you had to pretend to be honeymooning with your father in order to upgrade to first class. Welcome to Chelsea's world --... (more)

Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation

Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation

by Sheila Weller

A groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists -- Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon -- charts their lives as women at a magical moment in time. Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon remain among the most enduring and important women in popular music. Each woman is distinct. Carole King is the product of outer-borough, middle-class New York City;... (more)

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Little Women

or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy

by Louisa May Alcott, Kathryn Lindskoog

The Sand Castle

by Rita Mae Brown

The Help

by Kathryn Stockett

Persuasion

by Jane Austen

Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Bronte, Emma Fielding

Bridget Jones's Diary

by Helen Fielding

How to Make an American Quilt

by Whitney Otto

Little Altars Everywhere: A Novel

by Rebecca Wells

The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love (Running Press Miniature Editions)

by Jill Conner Browne

Truly Madly Yours (Avon Light Contemporary Romances)

by Rachel Gibson

The Ice Queen : A Novel

by Alice Hoffman

Patty Jane's House of Curl

by Lorna Landvik

Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions: Second Edition (Owlet Book)

by Gloria Steinem

Love Letters, Lost

by Babbette Hines

First Generations: Women in Colonial America

by Carol Berkin

The Sweet Potato Queens' Big-Ass Cookbook and Financial Planner

by Jill Conner Browne

Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea

by Chelsea Handler, Chelsea Handler, Chelsea Handler, Chelsea Handler

Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation

by Sheila Weller