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Becoming Mrs. Lewis : a novel : the improbable love story of Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis / by Henry, Patti Callahan,author.;
"The love story of C.S. Lewis and his wife, Helen Joy Davidman Gresham, was improbable--and seemingly impossible. Their Eros-story led to some of Lewis's greatest works, yet Joy is most commonly known for how she died. Becoming Mrs. Lewis allows us to see how this brilliant and passionate woman lived--and why she stole Jack's heart"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Davidman, Joy; Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963;
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Dancing at the pity party [graphic novel] : a dead mom graphic memoir / by Feder, Tyler,author,illustrator.;
"Tyler Feder shares her story of her mother's first oncology appointment to facing reality as a motherless daughter in this frank and refreshingly funny graphic memoir"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Biographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Graphic novels.; Feder, Tyler; Feder, Tyler; Children of cancer patients; Mothers and daughters; Terminally ill parents; Death; Grief;
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Say Anarcha : a young woman, a devious surgeon, and the harrowing birth of modern women's health / by Hallman, J. C.,author.;
Includes bibliographic key to online citations and index."In 1846, a young surgeon, J. Marion Sims ("The Father of Gynecology"), began several years of experimental surgeries on a young enslaved woman known as Anarcha ("The Mother of Gynecology"). This series of procedures--performed without anesthesia and resulting in Anarcha's so-called "cure"--forever altered the path of women's health. Despite brutal practices and failed techniques, Sims proclaimed himself the curer of obstetric fistula, a horrific condition that had stymied the medical world for centuries. Parlaying supposed success to the founding of a new hospital in New York City--where he conducted additional dangerous experiments on Irish women--Sims went on to a profitable career treating gentry and royalty in Europe, becoming one of the world's first celebrity surgeons. Medical text after medical text hailed Anarcha as a pivotal figure in the history of medicine, but little was recorded about the woman herself. Through extensive research, author J. C. Hallman has unearthed the first evidence ever found of Anarcha's life that did not come from Sims's suspect reports. With incredible tenacity, Hallman traced Anarcha's path from her beginnings on a Southern plantation to the backyard clinic where she was subjected to scores of painful surgical experiments, to her years after in Richmond and New York City, and to her final resting place in a lonely Virginia forest. When Hallman first set out to find Anarcha, the world was just beginning to grapple with the history of white supremacy and its connection to racial health disparities exposed by COVID-19 and the disproportionate number of Black women who die while giving birth. In telling the stories of the "Mother" and "Father" of gynecology, Say Anarcha excavates the history of a heroic enslaved woman and deconstructs the biographical smokescreen of a surgeon whom history has falsely enshrined as a heroic pioneer. Kin in spirit to The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Hallman's dual biographical narratives tell a single story that corrects errors calcified in history and illuminates the sacrifice of a young woman who changed the world only to be forgotten by it-until now"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Jackson, Anarcha, approximately 1821-1869.; Sims, J. Marion (James Marion), 1813-1883.; Enslaved women; Fistula, Vesico-vaginal; Gynecologists; Gynecology; Human experimentation in medicine; Medical ethics;
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The queen's secret : a novel of England's World War II queen / by Harper, Karen(Karen S.),author.;
In this novel of royal secrets and intrigue set during World War II, Karen Harper lifts the veil on one of the worlds most fascinating families, and how its secret weapon of a matriarch maneuvered her way through one of the most dangerous chapters of the century.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002; Monarchy; World War, 1939-1945;
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The woman back from Moscow : in pursuit of beauty / by Jin, Ha,1956-author.;
"Through the life of a remarkable woman -- based on pioneering stage director Sun Weishi (1921-1968) -- this epic novel immerses us in the multifaceted history of China's Communist Party. Sun Weishi was educated in Moscow and when she returned to China she produced the works of Chekov, Gogol, and other socially progressive dramas. However, when the cultural revolution began in 1966, she was persecuted, arrested, and eventually died in prison."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Sun, Weishi; Zhongguo gong chan dang; Theatrical producers and directors;
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Lampedusa : a novel / by Price, Steven,1976-author.;
In sun-drenched Sicily, among the decadent Italian aristocracy of the late 1950s, Giuseppe Tomasi, the last prince of Lampedusa, struggles to complete a novel that will be his lasting legacy. With a firm devotion to the historical record, 'Lampedusa' leaps effortlessly into the mind of the writer and inhabits the complicated heart of a man facing down the end of his life, struggling to make something of lasting worth, while there is still time. Steven Price lives in Victoria, BC.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe, 1896-1957; Aristocracy (Social class); Authors, Italian; Terminally ill;
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Burial rites : a novel / by Kent, Hannah,1985-;
Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes, who, charged with the brutal murder of her former master, is sent to an isolated farm to await execution. Horrified at the prospect of housing a convicted murderer, the family at first avoids Agnes. Only Tóti, a priest Agnes has mysteriously chosen to be her spiritual guardian, seeks to understand her. But as Agnes's death looms, the farmer's wife and their daughters learn there is another side to the sensational story they've heard ... BURIAL RITES evokes a dramatic existence in a distant time and place--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Women murderers;
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An owl at sea / by Vande Griek, Susan,1950-; Wallace, Ian,1950-;
The true story of a Short-eared Owl that plummeted onto the deck of an oil rig in the North Sea, one hundred miles from shore. Weak and tired, it huddled on the deck until riggers provided it with a makeshift shelter and fresh meat to eat. When a helicopter arrived to transport some of the workers back home, they took the owl with them, handing it over to the Scottish SPCA. A few weeks later the owl was strong enough to be released into the countryside. LSC
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Owls; Wildlife rescue; Oil well drilling rigs;
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A beautiful rival : a novel of Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden / by Paul, Gill,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.In this stunning new novel, Gill Paul reveals the unknown history of cosmetic titans Helena Rubinstein and Canadian-born Elizabeth Arden. It explore their infamous rivalry that spanned not only decades, but also broken marriages, personal tragedies, and a world that was changing dramatically for women. From the author of 'The Manhattan Girls'.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Arden, Elizabeth, 1878-1966; Rubinstein, Helena, 1870-1965; Businesswomen; Cosmetics industry;
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Princess Diana [videorecording] : a life after death / by Goodwin, Vance,film director,screenwriter,film producer.; MVD Visual (Firm),publisher.;
A different documentary from many of the recent programs commemorating the twentieth anniversary of Princess Diana's death. It is not just an anniversary program. It is a powerful summary of Princess Diana's historical, political, and social legacy.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Nonfiction films.; Biographical films.; Diana, Princess of Wales, 1961-1997.; Princesses;
For private home use only.
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