White, April
Summary: "From a historian and senior writer and editor at Atlas Obscura, a fascinating account of the daring nineteenth-century women who moved to South Dakota to divorce their husbands and start living on their own terms"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.89 WHIRodriguez, Deborah.
Summary: "Deborah Rodriquez's memoir of her journey of self-discovery and renewal after she was forced to flee Afghanistan in 2007"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 RODRIGUEZ, DEBORAH RODSmith, Maggie
Summary: "Life, like a poem, is a series of choices." In her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself in lyrical vignettes that shine, hard and clear as jewels. The book begins with one woman's personal, particular heartbreak, but its circles widen into a reckoning with contemporary womanhood,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One Signal Publishers/Atria 2023
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Summary: "Straight off the slopes and into the spotlight, Heather Gay is known to dish God's honest truth. Whether as a businesswoman, mother, or television personality, Heather is unafraid to blaze a new trail; even if at the isolation of her family, friends, and church. Heather was born and bred Mormon. Growing up in Utah, not even the snow-capped mountains could draw attention from the state's most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GAY, HEATHER GAYRodriguez, Deborah.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RODRIGUEZ, DEBORAH RODLenz, Lyz
Summary: "A deeply validating manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America today, and an argument that the former needs a reboot--from journalist and proud divorcée Lyz Lenz. Studies show that nearly 70 percent of divorces are initiated by women--women who are tired, fed up, exhausted, and unhappy. We've all seen how the media portrays divorcées: sad,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2024
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Summary: Traces the author's journey of self-discovery after the dissolution of her marriage, revealing how she found healing by rejecting gender standards and refusing to settle for a "good-enough" life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Relation MeltonMelton, Glennon Doyle
Summary: Traces the author's journey of self-discovery after the dissolution of her marriage, revealing how she found healing by rejecting gender standards and refusing to settle for a "good-enough" life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 MELTON, GLENNON DOYLE MELFraser, Laura.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 FRAGilbert, Elizabeth
Summary: At the end of Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Brazilian-born man of Australian citizenship. Resettling in America, the couple swore eternal fidelity, but also never to get legally married. The U.S. government gave them a choice: either get married, or Felipe would never be allowed to enter the country again. Sentenced to wed, Gilbert tackles her fears of marriage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 920 GILBERT, ELIZABETH GILCardwell, Diane, 1964- author.
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio CardwellGilbert, Elizabeth
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 306.81 GILGilbert, Elizabeth
Summary: Picking up where her bestselling memoir "Eat, Pray, Love" left off, Gilbert details the extraordinary circumstances that surround her love with Felipe, the man she swore never to marry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Relation GilbertFuller, Alexandra
Summary: The author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight traces her post-divorce confrontation of an upbringing in Africa that was overshadowed by the Rhodesian wars, her complicated parents and her courtship with her ex-husband. --Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FULLER, ALEXANDRA FULClinton, Chelsea
Summary: Profiles the lives of thirteen American women who have left their mark on U.S. history, including Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Margaret Chase Smith, and Oprah Winfrey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J920 CLIIsaacson, Walter
Summary: A portrait of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist explores the impact of James Watson's "The Double Helix" on her career and how her team's invention of CRISPR technology enabled revolutionary DNA-editing approaches to fighting disease, as well as curing diseases, fending off viruses, and enhancing our children
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021