Bateman, Justine
Summary: "Face is a book of fictional vignettes that examines the fear and vestigial evolutionary habits that have caused women and men to cultivate the imagined reality that older women's faces are unattractive, undesirable, and something to be "fixed." Based on "older face" experiences of the author, Justine Bateman, and those of dozens of women and men she interviewed, the book presents the reader...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Akashic Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.72 BATCollins, Gail
Summary: A lively, fascinating, eye-opening look at women and aging in America, by a <i>New York Times<i> columnist who illustrates the ways in which age is an arbitrary concept that has swung back and forth over the centuries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.26 COLGerster, Michelle
Summary: "A poignant bilingual YA graphic memoir about a teenage girl's harrowing experience crossing the Mexico-US border. This compelling young adult graphic memoir tells the story of Gricelda, a fifteen-year-old Mexican girl who crosses the border into America with her mother and younger brother in search of a better life. Their treacherous journey is filled with both heartbreak and hope. Will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arsenal Pulp Press 2021