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An Unnecessary Woman is a 2014 novel by the Lebanese American writer Rabih Alameddine. The book was nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction. [1] The novel focuses on the experiences of an isolated 72-year-old widow, Aaliya Saleh, who is a shut-in in Beirut. She reads widely and deeply, translates favorite novels, and has a rich inner ...
The book covers the sexuality of three women: Lina, a suburban Indiana mother whose teenage rape disrupts the course of her life; Maggie, a seventeen-year-old high school student in North Dakota who becomes entangled in an illegal affair with her married English teacher; and Sloane, a successful restaurant owner in the Northeast whose husband watches her have sex with other men and women at ...
The book was first published in the United States in 1983 by Rutgers University Press. [3] It was published in the United Kingdom by Pluto Press. [4] In 2013, the work was republished by Brill Publishers, with a new introduction by the political scientist David McNally and Susan Ferguson, and as part of the Historical Materialism Book Series.
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Our Woman in Moscow was generally well received by critics, included a starred review from Library Journal. [1]Jane Jorgenson, writing for Library Journal, highlighted Williams's strength in telling the story "from the perspective of three different women," further noting that Williams "expertly shifts between family drama and a suspenseful espionage plot, and makes every word and note count."
The Shore of Women is a 1986 feminist science fiction novel by American author Pamela Sargent. The story follows the points of view of Laissa and Arvil in the first part, titled "The Enclave". The story follows the points of view of Laissa and Arvil in the first part, titled "The Enclave".
Parents of the University of Idaho victims are speaking out on the two-year mark of the gruesome quadruple homicide as they await the trial for their children's suspected killer. For victim Kaylee ...
Three Strong Women (French: Trois Femmes puissantes) is a 2009 novel by French writer Marie NDiaye. It won the 2009 Prix Goncourt , France's most prestigious literary award. [ 1 ] The English translation by John Fletcher was published in April, 2012, in the UK by MacLehose Press , and in August, 2012, by Knopf in the USA.