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- The earthspinner : a novel / by Roy, Anuradha,author.;
- "Sara is studying at a prestigious British university and seeks a reprise from her loneliness by practising the traditional craft she learned in India when she was young: pottery. She recalls her childhood, the lost dog, Chinna, who brings a community together, and the life of her revered pottery teacher, Elango, a Hindu who faced prejudice after falling in love with a Muslim woman. Switching with ease between Sara's diary entries and Elango's life a decade earlier, Roy delivers a searing exploration into the fragility of peace. As fortunes change within one explosive day, and religious extremism brings hurt and violence to a rural village, the consequences of daring to dream against the tide are unleashed. Moving its protagonists between India and Britain, The Earthspinner shows the many ways in which the East encounters the West, fanaticism wars tirelessly against reason, and the individual's creative desires struggle against a populace's basic instinct for destruction."--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Social problem fiction.; Novels.; Creative ability; East Indians; Interfaith dating; Women college students; Women potters; Indigenous pottery;
- Brutality / by Thoft, Ingrid.;
- "Gutsy, relentless, wisecracking P.I. Fina Ludlow is back with her most hard-hitting case yet in the critically acclaimed series by Ingrid Thoft. When soccer mom Liz Barone is attacked in her kitchen and left with a life-threatening injury, Fina Ludlow is hired by Liz's mother to identify her attacker. It's unusual for Fina to take a case that isn't connected to the family firm, Ludlow and Associates, but Liz was in the process of suing her alma mater, New England University-a suit that could be a legal gold mine. Twenty years earlier, Liz was an NEU soccer star known for her physical toughness; however, a serious cognitive decline has soured her soccer memories. She's convinced that her aggressive style of play-and the university's willingness to ignore head injuries in favor of a win-has put her health and her future in jeopardy, and someone needs to be held responsible. Was Liz attacked to stop her lawsuit, or were there other secrets in the seemingly innocent woman's life? Fina convinces her father and boss, Carl, to take the case, and discovers that wading into the financially lucrative and emotionally charged world of collegiate sports requires nerves of steel. As the list of suspects grows and hidden agendas are revealed, Fina wonders if any game is worth the price."--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Women private investigators; Women; Criminal investigation;
- 22 seconds [sound recording] / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; LaVoy, January,narrator.; Paetro, Maxine,author.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
- Read by January LaVoy."San Francisco police sergeant Lindsay Boxer receives a tip about a last-chance shipment of drugs and weapons across the Mexican border ahead of new restrictive gun laws in the latest addition to the long-running series"--
- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Novels.; Thrillers (Fiction); Boxer, Lindsay (Fictitious character); Murder; Policewomen; Women's Murder Club (Imaginary organization);
- Soundless / by Mead, Richelle.;
- "A fantasy adventure steeped in Chinese folklore about a teenage girl named Fei. When her village is suddenly in danger, Fei finds herself on a journey from the peak of her jagged mountain village to the valley of Beiguo, where a startling truth and an unlikely romance will change her life forever"--Provided by publisher.LSC
- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Sounds; Deaf; Women heroes;
- Sometimes I lie [sound recording] / by Feeney, Alice,author.; Racine, Stephanie,narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
- Read by Stephanie Racine.
- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Coma; Married women;
- The Devaney Brothers : Michael & Patrick / by Woods, Sherryl,author.;
- For years, Kelly Andrews has waited for her big brother's best friend to notice her. As the physical therapist assigned to his recovery, she is finally getting the chance. But navy SEAL Michael Devaney is broken in body and spirit, all he sees is himself--as half a man. Devastated by the discovery of a terrible family secret, Patrick Devaney has shut out the world. But enchanting kindergarten teacher Alice Newberry sees the hurt in his eyes and is determined to help Patrick find peace.
- Subjects: United States. Navy. SEALs; Women physical therapists; Physical therapist and patient; Fishers; Women kindergarten teachers; Brothers; Family secrets; Love stories.;
- © 2014., Harlequin MIRA,
- The gifts : a novel / by Hyder, Liz,author.;
- "It will take something extraordinary to show four women who they truly are ... October 1840. A young woman staggers alone through a forest in the English countryside as a huge pair of impossible wings rip themselves from her shoulders. In London, rumors of a "fallen angel" cause a frenzy across the city, and a surgeon desperate for fame and fortune finds himself in the grips of a dangerous obsession, one that will place the women he seeks in the most terrible danger ... The Gifts is an astonishing novel, a spellbinding tale told through five different perspectives and set against the luminous backdrop of nineteenth century London, it explores science, nature and religion, enlightenment, the role of women in society and the dark danger of ambition"--
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Ambition; Danger; Magic; Self-realization in women; Sex role; Surgeons; Women;
- The man who hated women : sex, censorship, and civil liberties in the gilded age / by Sohn, Amy,1973-author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."A narrative history about Anthony Comstock, US Postal Inspector and vice hunter, and the remarkable women who opposed him. Anthony Comstock, special agent to the U.S. Post Office, was one of the most important men in the lives of nineteenth-century women. His eponymous law, passed in 1873, penalized the mailing of contraception and obscenity with long sentences and steep fines. The word Comstockery came to connote repression and prudery. Between 1873 and Comstock's death in 1915, eight remarkable women were charged with violating state and federal Comstock laws. These "sex radicals" supported contraception, sexual education, gender equality, and women's right to pleasure. They took on the fearsome censor in explicit, personal writing, seeking to redefine work, family, marriage, and love for a bold new era. In The Man Who Hated Women, Amy Sohn tells the overlooked story of their valiant attempts to fight Comstock in court and in the press. They were publishers, writers, and doctors, and they included the first woman presidential candidate, Victoria C. Woodhull; the virgin sexologist Ida C. Craddock; and the anarchist Emma Goldman. In their willingness to oppose a monomaniac who viewed reproductive rights as a threat to the American family, the sex radicals paved the way for second-wave feminism. Risking imprisonment and death, they redefined birth control access as a civil liberty. The Man Who Hated Women brings these women's stories to vivid life, recounting their personal and romantic travails alongside their political battles. Without them, there would be no Pill, no Planned Parenthood, no Roe v. Wade. This is the forgotten history of the women who waged war to control their bodies."--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Comstock, Anthony, 1844-1915.; Postal inspectors; Women; Pornography;
- I got the dog : a memoir of rising / by Boyden, Amanda,author.;
- "I Got the Dog has teeth. Amanda Boyden's memoir is unflinching, poignant, raw, sometimes hilarious, sometimes brutally painful-the self-portrait of a woman unafraid to scream into the universe: I survived this! And this. And this. Follow my lead. Dog tails Boyden from childhood in Chicago to adult heartbreak, from the ascension of her famous Canadian husband's literary career to the crushing end of their marriage. This magnificent book is not only about surviving. It's about how to rise."--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Boyden, Amanda.; Women; Marriage.;
- Carrie Soto is back [sound recording] : a novel / by Reid, Taylor Jenkins,author.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
- Read by Stacy Gonzalez, Mary Carillo, Patrick Mcenroe, Rob Simmelkjaer, Brendan Wayne, Max Meyers, Reynaldo Piniella, Vidish Athavale, Tom Bromhead, Heath Miller, Julia Whelan, Sara Arrington."In this powerful novel about the cost of ambition and success, a legendary athlete attempts a comeback at an age when the world considers her past her prime-from the New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising. Carolina Soto is undeniably fierce. She is determined to be the best professional tennis player the world has ever seen. And by the time she retires from the game in 1989 at the age of thirty-one, she is just that: the best. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Slam titles. And if you ask Carrie, she is entitled to every one of those victories. After all, her dad-a former champion tennis player himself-has trained her for this since the age of two, always emphasizing, "We don't stop for one second until you are the best." Which is why it is infuriating when Nicki Chan arrives on the scene six years later and ties Carrie with twenty Slams. Just like that, Carrie's championship record is slipping through her hands. And she can't let that happen. So at thirty-seven years old, Carrie Soto is coming out of retirement to defend her title. Even if the sports media says she's too old to be playing professionally. Even if her injured athlete's body doesn't move as fast as it once did. Even if it means trusting her father to coach her again after he betrayed her all those years ago. And even if the fans don't want the cold, heartless "Battle Axe" Carrie back. In spite of it all: Carrie. Is. Back. She will return for one final season to prove to the world that she is the all-time champion. Because if you know your destiny is to be the best, isn't it your right to keep fighting for it?"--
- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Novels.; Psychological fiction.; Sports fiction.; Competition (Psychology); Fathers and daughters; Women athletes; Women tennis players;
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