How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America: Freedom, Politics, and the War on Sex
10 best books like How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America: Freedom, Politics, and the War on Sex (Cristina Page): The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women, The Gate to Women's Country, Here's the Deal: Don't Touch Me, Bachelor Girl: The Secret History of Single Women in the Twentieth Century, Pink Think: Becoming a Woman in Many Uneasy Lessons, One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding, The Preaching Life, This Odd and Wondrous Calling: The Public and Private Lives of Two Ministers, Nothing Was the Same, An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination
| Author | Susan J. Douglas |
| ISBN | 0743260465 |
Taking readers on a provocative tour through thirty years of media images about mothers -- the superficial achievements of celebrity moms, the sensational coverage of dangerous day care, the media-manufactured "mommy wars" between working mothers and stay-at-home moms, and more -- The Mommy Myth...
| Author | Sheri S. Tepper |
| ISBN | 0006482708 |
Tepper's finest novel to date is set in a post-holocaust feminist dystopia that offers only two political alternatives: a repressive polygamist sect that is slowly self-destructing through inbreeding and the matriarchal dictatorship called Women's Country. Here, in a desperate effort to prevent...
Here's the Deal: Don't Touch Me
| Author | Howie Mandel |
| ISBN | 0553807862 |
A frank, funny, no-holds-barred memoir that reveals the Deal or No Deal host’s ongoing struggle with OCD and ADHD–and how it has shaped his life and career.
Howie Mandel is one of the most recognizable names in entertainment–respected by his peers and beloved by audiences as the host...
Bachelor Girl: The Secret History of Single Women in the Twentieth Century
| Author | Betsy Israel |
| ISBN | 0380976498 |
In this lively and colorful book of popular history, journalist Betsy Israel shines a light on the old stereotypes that have stigmatized single women for years and celebrates their resourceful sense of spirit, enterprise, and unlimited success in a world where it is no longer unusual or unlikely to...
Pink Think: Becoming a Woman in Many Uneasy Lessons
| Author | Lynn Peril |
| ISBN | 0393323544 |
Deluged by persuasive advertisements and meticulous (though often misguided) advice experts, women from the 1940s to the 1970s were coaxed to "think pink" when they thought of what it meant to be a woman. Attaining feminine perfection meant conforming to a mythical standard, one that would come wrapped...
One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding
| Author | Rebecca Mead |
| ISBN | 1594200882 |
Astutely observed and deftly witty, One Perfect Day masterfully mixes investigative journalism and social commentary to explore the workings of the wedding industry an industry that claims to be worth $160 billion to the U.S. economy and which has every interest in ensuring that the American wedding...
| Author | Barbara Brown Taylor |
In her bestselling preaching autobiography Barbara Brown Taylor writes of how she came to be a preacher of the gospel as a priest in the Episcopal Church. In this warm and poignant collection, Barbara Brown Taylor’s humor and wisdom delve into the meaning of Christian symbols and history—both...
| Author | Lillian Daniel |
| ISBN | 0802864759 |
This Odd and Wondrous Calling offers something different from most books available on ministry. Two people still pastoring reflect honestly here on both the joys and the challenges of their vocation. Anecdotal and extremely readable, the book covers a diversity of subjects revealing the incredible...
| Author | Kay Redfield Jamison |
| ISBN | 0307265374 |
From the internationally acclaimed author of An Unquiet Mind, an exquisite, haunting meditation on mortality, grief, and loss.
Perhaps no one but Kay Redfield Jamison—who combines the acute perceptions of a psychologist with a writerly elegance and passion—could bring such a delicate...
| Author | Elizabeth McCracken |
| ISBN | 0316027677 |
"This is the happiest story in the world with the saddest ending," writes Elizabeth McCracken in her powerful, inspiring memoir. A prize-winning, successful novelist in her 30s, McCracken was happy to be an itinerant writer and self-proclaimed spinster. But suddenly she fell in love, got married,...
Marriage and Other Acts of Charity
| Author | Kate Braestrup |
| ISBN | 0316031917 |
In her award-winning memoir Here If You Need Me, Kate Braestrup won the hearts of readers across the country with her deeply moving and deftly humorous stories of faith, hope and family. Now, with her inimitable voice and generous spirit, she turns her attention to the subjects of love and commitment...
The Meaning of Wife: A Provocative Look at Women and Marriage in the Twenty-First Century
| Author | Anne Kingston |
| ISBN | 0312425007 |
Delving into the complex, troubling, and sometimes humorous contradictions, illusions, and realities of contemporary wifehood, this book takes the reader on a journey into the wedding industrial complex. Anne Kingston looks at "wife backlash," and the new wave of neo-traditionalism that urges...
Resilience: The New Afterword
In the year since the publication of her second memoir, Resilience, Elizabeth Edwards has once again found herself living in the glare of the media spotlight. Now, in an eloquent, intimate, and emotionally powerful new afterword to her #1 national bestselling book, she offers readers a window into...
A Practical Wedding: Creative Ideas for Planning a Beautiful, Affordable, and Meaningful Celebration
| Author | Meg Keene |
| ISBN | 0738215155 |
An Insanity-Free Wedding: It Can Happen!
Getting engaged is exhilarating…until it sets in that a wedding costs three times what you thought, and takes five to ten times the effort it reasonably should. And then there are the expectations: from calligraphy invitations to satin chair-covers,...
Offbeat Bride: Taffeta-Free Alternatives for Independent Brides
| Author | Ariel Meadow Stallings |
| ISBN | 1580051804 |
Unenthused by a white wedding gown and bored by the hoopla of the Hollywood-style reception, Ariel Meadow Stallings found herself absolutely exhausted with the nuances of traditional nuptials. So, she chose to take a walk off the beaten aisle and embrace the non-traditional bride within. Through...
