Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Need to Read

Are the great love stories of the nineteenth century dead? Or can there be a new story, written for today and alive to the realities of feminism, sexual freedom, prenups, and divorce?

Looking through many lenses, the Henis ask whether emerging adulthood has truly become a new rite of passage.

The true story of the courtship between Amanda Hesser, a food writer for The New York Times and author of the award-winning cookbook The Cook and the Gardener, and writer Tad Friend, the titular Mr. Latte.

Gail Collins, New York Times columnist and bestselling author, recounts the astounding revolution in women's lives over the past 50 years, with her usual "sly wit and unfussy style" (People).

Essential reading for those who wish to heal themselves and the earth, live gracefully into the future primitive and experience their wildest dreams.

Set in wartime London, Westwood tells the story of Margaret Steggles, a plain bookish girl whose mother has told her that she is not the type that attracts men.

Writing with an exuberant love of language and detail, Anjelica Huston shares her enchanted childhood in Ireland, her teen years in London, and her coming-of-age as a model and nascent actress in New York.

Hand in hand with lovable heroine Aurelie Renard, you will see life as you've never seen it before, discover the key to great art, witness the true cost of love, and learn how all these things may be controlled by the in-breath of a cormorant.

Clinton writes with candor, humor, and passion about her upbringing in suburban, middle-class America in the 1950s and her transformation from Goldwater Girl to student activist to controversial First Lady.

While debunking almost everything we "know" about sex, Ryan and Jetha offer a bold alternative explanation in this provocative and brilliant book.

1 comment :

W said...

Been meaning to read sex at dawn, really enjoyed The Marriage Plot, and I would buy Westwood just for the beautiful cover.