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Impostor syndrome : a novel / by Wang, Kathy,author.;
In 2006 Julia Lerner is living in Moscow, a recent university graduate in computer science, when she's recruited by Russia's largest intelligence agency. By 2018 she's in Silicon Valley as COO of Tangerine, one of America's most famous technology companies. In between her executive management (make offers to promising startups, crush them and copy their features if they refuse); self promotion (check out her latest op-ed in the WSJ, on Work/Life Balance 2.0); and work in gender equality (transfer the most annoying females from her team), she funnels intelligence back to the motherland. But now Russia's asking for more, and Julia's getting nervous. Alice Lu is a first generation Chinese American whose parents are delighted she's working at Tangerine (such a successful company!). Too bad she's slogging away in the lower echelons, recently dumped, and now sharing her expensive two-bedroom apartment with her cousin Cheri, a perennial "founder's girlfriend". One afternoon, while performing a server check, Alice discovers some unusual activity, and now she's burdened with two powerful but distressing suspicions: Tangerine's privacy settings aren't as rigorous as the company claims they are, and the person abusing this loophole might be Julia Lerner herself. The closer Alice gets to Julia, the more Julia questions her own loyalties. Russia may have placed her in the Valley, but she's the one who built her career; isn't she entitled to protect the lifestyle she's earned?
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Satirical literature.; American Dream; Businesswomen; Chief operating officers; Spies; Technology; Women executives; Women in technology;

The coming bad days / by Bernstein, Sarah(Literature teacher),author.;
Includes bibliographical references.After leaving the man with whom she'd been living, an unnamed protagonist in an unnamed university city is working unspectacularly on the poet Paul Celan. The abiding feeling in the city is one of paranoia; the weather has been deteriorating and outside her office window she can hear police helicopters circling, looking for the women who have been disappearing. She is in self-imposed exile, hoping to find dignity in her loneliness. But when she meets Clara - a woman who is exactly her opposite - her plans begin to unravel. Reminiscent of Rachel Cusk, Gwendoline Riley and Thomas Bernhard, The Coming Bad Days is a penetrating interior portrait of feminine negation and cruelty.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Female friendship; University towns; Women;

The unofficial fan guide to Sabrina Carpenter : her life, her songs, her story / by Cather, Hannah.;
Welcome -- Meet Sabrina -- Best red carpet looks -- 10 things you didn't know about Sabrina -- The stories behind the hits -- Which Sabrina look are you? -- Sabrina's top five videos -- Sabrina in numbers -- 10 reasons we love Sabrina -- Sabrina's style evolution -- Short n' Sweet tour -- How it started vs... -- ...How's it going -- Sabrina's idols -- Game: Sabrina, star of the big screen -- Best live show looks -- Songwriting tips and tricks -- Short n' Sweet album -- Cover queen -- Quiz: The triple threat -- Game: Name your own album! -- Sabrina's life hacks -- Quiz: How well do you know Sabrina?"Inside this brand-new book about Sabrina Carpenter, you'll find everything you could ever want to know about the world's hottest new star. Find out about how Sabrina grew up, her early days of stardom with Disney, all about every one of her pop albums, and her amazing success with Espresso, Please Please Please and the Short 'n' Sweet Tour. Find out where her biggest hits came from, read her quotes, and see how you can get her look. You'll also find out about her collabs, her partners, and her super-cute dog Goodwin. You can even discover what might lie in Sabrina's future as she takes over the world of pop. If you're a Sabrina superfan, this book is for you!" --
Subjects: Biographies.; Illustrated works.; Carpenter, Sabrina; Women singers; Singers; Popular music;

The cleaner : a novel / by Wells, Brandi,author.;
"Every night, she cleans. On the fourth floor of an unnamed office in an unnamed city, the night cleaner comes and does what she does best--sorts out the messes of the daytime employees. None of them know her, but she knows everything about them: Sad Intern's dreams to get promoted, Résumé Woman's nasty flight-risk behavior, Mr. Buff's secret smoking habit. After all, protecting the employees is her responsibility: whether it's from rats and window smudges or from the sinister CEO who may be driving the company into ruin"--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Satirical literature.; Novels.; Business enterprises; Interpersonal relations; Offices; Secrecy; Women cleaning personnel;

The Disappearance of Shere Hite. by Newnham, Nicole,film director.; Johnson, Dakota,actor.; Hite, Shere,actor.; IFC Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Dakota Johnson, Shere HiteOriginally produced by IFC Films in 2023.Shere Hite’s 1976 bestselling book, "The Hite Report," liberated the female orgasm by revealing the most private experiences of thousands of anonymous survey respondents. Her findings rocked the American establishment and presaged current conversations about gender, sexuality, and bodily autonomy. So how did Shere Hite disappear?Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Literature.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Gender identity.; Documentary films.; Women's studies.; Artists.; Women authors.; Biography.; Art and architecture.;

I who have never known men / by Harpman, Jacqueline,author.; Mackintosh, Sophie,writer of afterword.; Schwartz, Ros,translator.; translation of:Harpman, Jacqueline.Moi qui n'ai pas connu les hommes.English.;
"Deep underground, thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only a vague recollection of their lives before. As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl -- the fortieth prisoner -- sits alone and outcast in the corner. Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground. Jacqueline Harpman was born in Etterbeek, Belgium, in 1929, and fled to Casablanca with her family during WWII. Informed by her background as a psychoanalyst and her youth in exile, I who have never known men is a haunting, heartbreaking post-apocalyptic novel of female friendship and intimacy, and the lengths people will go to maintain their humanity in the face of devastation. Back in print for the first time since 1997, Harpman's modern classic is an important addition to the growing canon of feminist speculative literature"--
Subjects: Dystopian fiction.; Novels.; Science fiction, French; Speculative fiction; Female friendship;

The stranger diaries / by Griffiths, Elly,author.;
"From the author of the beloved Ruth Galloway series, a modern gothic mystery for fans of Magpie Murders and The Lake House"--"Clare Cassidy is no stranger to murder. A high school English teacher specializing in the Gothic writer R.M. Holland, she teaches a course on it every year. But when one of Clare's colleagues and closest friends is found dead, with a line from R.M. Holland's most famous story, 'The stranger,' left by her body. Clare is horrified to see her life collide with the storylines of her favorite literature. To make matters worse, the police suspect the killer is someone Clare knows. Unsure whom to trust, she turns to her closest confidant, her diary, the only outlet she has for her darkest suspicions and fears about the case. Then one day she notices something odd. Writing that isn't hers, left on the page of an old diary: 'Hallo Clare. You don't know me.' Clare becomes more certain than ever: 'The stranger' has come to terrifying life. But can the ending be rewritten in time?"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Gothic fiction.; Women teachers; Women authors; Diaries; Murder;

Tell me pleasant things about immortality : stories / by Wong, Lindsay,author.;
"From the bestselling, Canada Reads-shortlisted author of The Woo-Woo comes a wild, darkly hilarious, and poignant collection of immigrant horror stories. They'll haunt and consume you--in strange and unsettling ways. Living forever isn't everything it's cracked up to be. Hearts can still break, looks can still fade, and money still matters, even in eternity. The ghosts, zombies, and demons in this collection are all shockingly human, and they're ready to spill their guts. Vanity, love, and tragedy are all candidly explored as the unfulfilled desires of the dead are echoed in the lives of modern-day immigrants. Story-by-story, the line between ghost and human, life and death, becomes increasingly blurred. There's a courtesan from 17th century China who, try as she might, just can't manage to die. Grandmama Wu, who returns from the dead to protect her grandchildren from bullies. Not to mention an Internet-order bride who inadvertently brings the apocalypse to Nebraska City. From Shanghai to Vancouver, the women in this collection haunt and are haunted--by first loves, troublesome family members, and traumatic memories. Intertwining horror, the supernatural, and mythology, Tell Me Pleasant Things about Immortality riotously critiques contemporary life and fearlessly illuminates the ways in which the past can devour us. A collection about transformation and what makes us human, it solidifies Lindsay Wong as one of the most vital and electrifying voices in Canadian literature today."--
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Paranormal fiction.; Short stories.; Supernatural;

By way of sorrow / by Gigl, Robyn,author.;
Erin McCabe is a New Jersey criminal defense attorney doing her best to live a quiet life in the wake of profound personal change, until a newsworthy case--the murder of a state senator's son--puts both her career and safety in jeopardy.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Legal fiction (Literature); Murder; Politicians; Transgender women;

12 months to live [text (large print)] / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Lupica, Mike,author.;
Tough-as-nails criminal defense attorney Jane Smith is hip-deep in the murder trial of the century. Actually, her charmless client might've committed several murders. She's also fallen in love with a wonderful guy. And an equally wonderful dog, a mutt. But Jane doesn't have much time. She's just received a terminal diagnosis giving her twelve months. Unless she's murdered before her expiration date.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Legal fiction (Literature); Novels.; Cancer; Man-woman relationships; Trials (Murder); Women lawyers;

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