Author: Carl Weber
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 0758231814
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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When plus-sized beauty Isis and her sister, Egypt, start a new chapter of the Big Girls Book Club in Richmond, Virginia, they discover that drama follows them everywhere as they deal with family issues, scandalous new members, and betrayal.
Author: Rebecca Traister
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 143915029X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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It was all as unpredictable as it was riveting: Hillary Clinton's improbable rise, her fall and her insistence on pushing forward straight through to her remarkable phoenix flight from the race; Sarah Palin's attempt not only to fill the void left by Clinton, but to alter the very definition of feminism and claim some version of it for conservatives; liberal rapture over Barack Obama and the historic election of our first African-American president; the media microscope trained on Michelle Obama, harsher even than the one Hillary had endured fifteen years earlier. Meanwhile, media women like Katie Couric and Rachel Maddow altered the course of the election, and comedians like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler helped make feminism funny. As Traister sees it, the 2008 election was good for women. The campaign for the presidency reopened some of the most fraught American conversations about gender, race and generational difference, about sexism on the left and feminism on the right, all difficult discussions that had been left unfinished but that are crucial to further perfecting our union.
Author: Carl Weber
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN: 0758289480
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 205
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"Delves into the romantic conflicts of these Richmond Virginians with a robust relish and soap-opera intense insights." —Publishers Weekly One of Richmond, Virginia's, hottest, most successful women, plus-sized diva Loraine Farrow finally wants to settle down with her husband, Leon, and focus on her marriage. Trouble is, her ex-lover, Michael, isn't about to let her go so easily. But things aren't so simple with Leon either. Painful issues from his childhood are starting to surface in the bedroom. Leon's seeing a therapist, but what he's uncovering could destroy their marriage for good—unless Michael does it first. As Loraine deals with her relationship drama, her best friend, Jerome, is left alone to deal with Peter, a stalker who will stop at nothing to destroy him. Now, four indomitable people torn between love and lust, secrets and lies, will have some momentous decisions to make. "Weber fills his books with lifelike characters—flawed, confused, frustrated, and sometimes plus-sized." —Booklist
Author: Connie Briscoe
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060172770
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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After Naomi Jefferson's brother is killed in an automobile accident on the way to a civil rights demonstration and the man she loves betrays her, Naomi struggles to find meaning in life through politics and her career.
Author: Cathie Linz
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780425218310
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Good Girls Do, Bad Girls Don't. Now meet Big Girls... After her plus-size modeling career tanks, Leena Riley becomes a receptionist in her hometown veterinarian's office. Too bad the vet is Cole Flannigan, a boy who taunted her all through school. Good thing Leena has grown into her curves, because he's about to grow very fond of her.
Author: Carl Weber
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN: 0758272502
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Meet Tammy, Egypt, Isis, Nikki, Coco, and Tiny-the bodacious women of the Big Girls Book Club. There's only one rule to being a member. You must be at least a size 14. . . BGBC president Tammy loves everything about her life-especially taking care of business for her husband, Tim. This year, she intends to top all his past birthdays by having a threesome with her best friend, Egypt. Now, if only Egypt will agree . . . And then there's Coco, who has a habit of messing around with married men. But now that she's hooked up with a man who makes his living being every woman's fantasy, all she cares about is making sure he doesn't stray. As insatiable about books as they are about love, these friends are about to discover how tough it is to keep it real when they all have something on the side. "These babes find there's a consequence to every freaky action in or out of the bedroom." -Publishers Weekly "You'll fall in love with the members of the Big Girls Book Club." -Essence ®
Author: Helen Thornton
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
ISBN: 1844545210
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Helene Thornton gives an account of who her daughter Paula Yates really was, from frail, lonely schoolgirl to voluptuous star of the stage and screen. She discloses the truth behind two intense lives talking candidly about her relationships and the anguish of her daughter's death.
Author: Tina Small
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780951134108
Category : Artists' models
Languages : en
Pages : 159
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Author: Jonty Howley
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1524773212
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Let boys cry! This picture book imagines a world in which boys are encouraged to express their full range of emotions. It's Levi's first day at a new school, and he's scared. His father tries to comfort Levi by telling him "Big boys don't cry." Though the father immediately understands his misstep, he can't find the words to comfort his son, and Levi leaves for school, still in need of reassurance. Fortunately, along his walk to school, Levi sees instance after instance of grown men openly expressing their sadness and fear. His learned mantra, "Big boys don't cry," slowly weakens, and by the time he's at school he releases a tear. Once he's there, things aren't so bad after all, and on his walk home he sees everyone he's encountered earlier, feeling better now that they expressed their emotions. Upon his arrival home, he finds his father waiting for him on their porch, tears in his eyes. His father is able to admit that he was scared and the two embrace, closer than before. Jonty Howley's gorgeous debut paints the world we wish existed for our boys, and offers a path there! This story is the truest interpretation of the notion that we should "let boys be boys": let them express the full range of their emotions, vulnerable parts and all!
Author: Annette Chavez Macias
Publisher: Platinum Spotlight Series
ISBN: 9781638086789
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Cousins Mari, Erica, Selena, and Gracie are inseparable. They aren't just family but best friends -- sharing secrets, traditions, and a fierce love for their abuelita. But their idyllic childhood ends when Mari's parents divorce, forcing her to move away. With Mari gone, the girls' tight-knit bond unravels.
