Sewing: Womanly Skill, Not Women’s Work
You don’t have to sew to be an accomplished woman, but every woman needs a diverse skill set and a
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You don’t have to sew to be an accomplished woman, but every woman needs a diverse skill set and a
When I was in high school I lost ten pounds. (I didn’t need to lose them.)  I wasn’t noteworthy among my
When I first got married, my husband and I had frequent conversations that went like this around dinner time: Him: What’s
From the publisher: “One of the most important and blazingly original writers of his generation, George Saunders is an undisputed master of the short story… Writing brilliantly and profoundly about class, sex, love, loss, work, despair, and war, Saunders cuts to the core of the contemporary experience. These stories take on the big questions and explore the fault lines of our own morality, delving into the questions of what makes us good and what makes us human.”
Perfect for fans of Jasmine Guillory, this rom com is laugh-out-loud funny. Andoh makes the witty banter between the heroine, Chloe Brown, and her landlord, Redford “Red” Morgan crackle and spark. After a near death experience, Chloe comes up with a to-do list to help her “get a life,” including things like “ride a motorcycle,” “go camping,” and “do something bad.” When she enlists Red to help her accomplish the list, their flirtation quickly escalates as they learn more about each other. Readers, take note: this book is charming, delightful, and VERY steamy. I recommend listening via headphones (I still couldn’t help blushing).
Elizabeth Gilbert delivers a love story set in the 1940s New York City theater scene. Vivian Morris is shipped off to her Aunt Peg after she’s kicked out of college. Her aunt’s theater introduces her to a dazzling array of people and life experiences. But when Vivian is embroiled in a professional scandal, it will not only turn her new life upside down, it will put her on the path to the great love of her life. Exploring female sexuality and human desire, City Of Girls will have you questioning what it means to be “good.”
From Gabrielle Zevin, author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry, the publisher calls The Hole We’re In “a bold, timeless, yet all too timely novel about a troubled American family navigating an even more troubled America. Meet the Pomeroys: a church-going family living in a too-red house in a Texas college town. Roger, the patriarch, has impulsively gone back to school, only to find his future ambitions at odds with the temptations of the present. His wife, Georgia, tries to keep things afloat at home, but she’s been feeding the bill drawer with unopened envelopes for months and never manages to confront its swelling contents. In an attempt to climb out of the holes they’ve dug, Roger and Georgia make a series of choices that have catastrophic consequences for their three children—especially for Patsy, the youngest, who will spend most of her life fighting to overcome them.”
“‘The book’s short, sharp chapters come alive in vivid personal anecdotes.’ (Entertainment Weekly) From the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist: a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself. In her phenomenally popular essays and long-running Tumblr blog, Roxane Gay has written with intimacy and sensitivity about food and body, using her own emotional and psychological struggles as a means of exploring our shared anxieties over pleasure, consumption, appearance, and health. Roxane understands the tension between desire and denial, between self-comfort and self-care. Roxane explores what it means to learn to take care of yourself: how to feed your hungers for delicious and satisfying food, a smaller and safer body, and a body that can love and be loved—in a time when the bigger you are, the smaller your world becomes.”
At the beginning of the new year I love to look back on where we’ve been, and blog happenings are
Seventeen-year old single mother Emoni has always been told she has a magical touch in the kitchen. She dreams of a career as a chef but she doesn’t have the time or money for her school’s new culinary arts class, not if she’s going to still be able to work part-time and provide for her child. She’s torn in a lot of directions but her passion for food is clear. Told in stunning prose, this novel captured my heart—and made me want to bake! Acevedo creates fabulous characters to root for, and you’ll be cheering for Emoni as you listen.
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