Today we are highlighting women’s nonfiction stories; from medical guides and silenced histories, to motherhood and challenging the patriarchy, these books celebrate womanhood.
IT’S NOT HYSTERIA: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH (BUT WERE NEVER TOLD) BY DR. KAREN TANG
Dr. Karen Tang is on a mission to transform how we engage with our bodies and our healthcare. IT’S NOT HYSTERIA is a comprehensive guide to common conditions and potential treatment options, with practical tools such as symptom prompts and sample questions for your provider, to equip readers to take control of their gynecologic health.
WOMEN IN THE VALLEY OF KINGS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF WOMEN EGYPTOLOGISTS IN THE GILDED AGE BY KATHLEEN SHEPPARD
The history of Egyptology is often told as yet one more grand narrative of powerful men striving to seize the day and the precious artifacts for their competing homelands. But that is only half of the story. WOMEN IN THE VALLEY OF KINGS upends the grand male narrative of Egyptian exploration and shows how a group of courageous women charted unknown territory and changed the field of Egyptology forever.
LOUD: ACCEPT NOTHING LESS THAN THE LIFE YOU DESERVE BY DREW AFUALO
Drew Afualo is best known as the internet’s “Crusader for Women” and is at the head of a new generation of entertainment’s rising stars. LOUD is part manual, part manifesto, and part memoir. It makes it clear that behind her fearsome laugh is a mission and a life philosophy, a strategy for self-confidence from the inside out, and a pathway to once and for all remove men from the center of how women and fems think about themselves.
THE BOOK OF MOTHERS: HOW LITERATURE CAN HELP US REINVENT MODERN MOTHERHOOD BY CARRIE MULLINS
DESPERATELY SEEKING SOMETHING: A MEMOIR ABOUT MOVIES, MOTHERS, AND MATERIAL GIRLS BY SUSAN SEIDELMAN
“Interwoven with fascinating behind-the-scenes detail, Seidelman vividly traces the evolution of her artistic vision, combining the strong, feisty heroines of classic screwball comedies with the playful, postmodern spirit of New Wave film. It’s an enthralling look at a trailblazing filmmaker’s perseverance and vision.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
THE FALL OF ROE: THE RISE OF A NEW AMERICA BY ELIZABETH DIAS & LISA LERER
A WELL-TRAINED WIFE: MY ESCAPE FROM CHRISTIAN PATRIARCHY BY TIA LEVINGS
Recruited into the fundamentalist Quiverfull movement as a young wife, Tia Levings learned that being a good Christian meant following a list of additional life principles—a series of secret, special rules to obey. Women were to be silent, “keepers of the home.” Told in a beautiful and honest voice, A WELL-TRAINED WIFE is an unforgettable and timely memoir about a woman’s race to save herself and her family and details the ways that extreme views can manifest in a marriage.
IT’S NOT HYSTERIA: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health (but Were Never Told); by Dr. Karen Tang; 9781250894151; 5/7/24
WOMEN IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age; by Kathleen Sheppard; 9781250284358; 7/16/24
THE BOOK OF MOTHERS: How Literature Can Help Us Reinvent Modern Motherhood; by Carrie Mullins; 9781250285065; 5/7/24
DESPERATELY SEEKING SOMETHING: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls; by Susan Siedelman; 9781250328212; 6/18/24
THE FALL OF ROE: The Rise of a New America; by Elizabeth Dias & Lisa Lerer; 9781250881397; 6/4/24
A WELL-TRAINED WIFE: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy; by Tia Levings; 9781250288288; 8/6/24
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