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PRETTIEST DOLL by gina willner-pardo “It’s good to be pretty. I’m really lucky.” So begins the story of thirteen-year-old Olivia, or Liv, who started winning beauty pageants at age three. Lately she’s... More about this book »	Sister Spit: Writing, Rants and Reminiscence from the Road by Michelle Tea A collection of writing and artwork from the irreverent, flagrantly queer, hilariously feminist, tough-talking, genre-busting ruffians who have toured with the... More about this book »
Pancho Land by Raul Ramos y Sanchez Latino insurgents are waging a bitter civil war. Sarah Evans was once their hostage in Los Angeles, a rebel stronghold in a war-torn Southern California. Now, Sarah... More about this book »	Ask the Passengers by A.S. King Astrid Jones desperately wants to confide in someone, but her mother's pushiness and her father's lack of interest tell her they're the last people she can trust.... More about this book »
The Color of My Heart by Sarah Byrd Living in the foothills of North Carolina, Laura Carter has it all: a nice home, wonderful adoptive parents, two lovely teenage daughters, and a to-die-for handsome... More about this book »	How the French Invented Love: Nine Hundred Years of Passion and... by Marilyn Yalom How the French love love! It occupies an honored place in their sense of identity, on a par with fashion, food, wine, and the rights of man. For... More about this book »
The Gay Couple's Guide to Wedding Planning by David Toussaint The go-to guide for a kick-ass wedding! Before you say, I do, you've got a lot to do! This book reveals everything you need to know about planning the perfect... More about this book »	My Life Map: A Journal to Help You Shape Your Future by Kate Marshall Life isn’t about finding yourself, it’s about creating yourself. My Life Map is a journaling tool to help you reflect on the past and sketch a picture of... More about this book »
Sassing by Karen Head The narratives of Karen Head’s Sassing are mournful but defiant tales, seeking a place of repose “somewhere between/the smoldering ruins of Atlanta/and a base... More about this book »	The Secret Madonna by J R Lankford In Italy, a devoted mother and child live in secret. In New York, a dangerous billionaire with Vatican ties keeps a coma patient alive in hopes of locating... More about this book »

MacGregor Tells the World by Elizabeth McKenzie MacGregor West, on a quest to solve the mystery of his mother's disappearance, is seduced into the world of the eccentric Ware family of San Francisco and falls in... More about this book »	The Day Nothing Happened by Terence Clarke In this collection of related short stories, the main character Dan Collins is working for the U.S. Agency for International Development in Sarawak in western... More about this book »
A Love Like No Other: Stories from Adoptive Parents by Jacquelyn Mitchard Edited by Pamela Kruger & Jill Smolowe About the Anthology Impressive for both its breadth and its quality, A Love Like No Other is a timely and heartwarming... More about this book »	The Adoption Reader: Birth Mothers, Adoptive Mothers, and... by Jacquelyn Mitchard Edited by Susan Wadia-Ells About the Anthology These personal essays and stories are informed by the contemporary adoption movement and raise timely issues... More about this book »
Altared: Bridezillas, Bewilderment, Big Love, Breakups, and What... by Jacquelyn Mitchard Edited by Colleen Curran About the Anthology Anyone who is intimidated by the prospect of planning a wedding will laugh out loud and take solace in... More about this book »	Falling into Manholes: The Memoir of a Bad/Good Girl by Wendy Merrill A fabulous new Everywoman voice – the hilarious, skewed, rueful misadventures of a forty-something, in-recovery-from-everything bad girl/good girl in her search for... More about this book »
Wigfield: The Can-Do Town That Just May Not by Stephen Colbert Wigfield is a small bucolic hideaway, situated in front of a massive dam which is about to be torn down by the state government to restore the salmon run. Wigfield'... More about this book »	Choice: True Stories of Birth, Contraception, Infertility,... by Jacquelyn Mitchard Edited by Karen E. Bender and Nina de Gramont About the Anthology CHOICE explores one of the most polarizing political issues of our time-reproductive choice... More about this book »
Searching for Mary Poppins: Women Write About the Intense... by Jacquelyn Mitchard Edited by Susan Davis and Gina Hyams About the Anthology With wit, sensitivity, and unflinching honesty, Searching for Mary Poppins brings together twenty-... More about this book »	The Breakdown Lane by Jacquelyn Mitchard "There are chick lit writers, and then there are novelists like Mitchard who write about-and for-flesh-and-blood females who must cope with the vagaries of... More about this book »