Books written by female authors (3279)
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Silence of the Chagos by Shenaz Patel EN
MauritiusDescription:
Based on a true, still-unfolding story, Silence of the Chagos is a powerful exploration of cultural identity, the concept of home, and above all the neverending desire for justice. Shenaz Patel draws on the lives of exiled Chagossians in this tragic example of 20th century political oppression. Every afternoon a woman in a red headscarf walks to the end of the quay and looks out over the water, fixing her gaze “back there”: to Diego Garcia, one of the small islands forming the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean. With no explanation, no forewarning, and only an hour to pack their belongings... continue
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Silk Cotton & Other Trees : Poems by Hazel Simmons-McDonald EN
Country: North America / 
St. Lucia
St. Lucia
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Hazel Simmonds-McDonald, a writer whose works have previously appeared in such notable journals as Savacou, The Literary Review and The Atlanta Review, provides poetry lovers with a rare treat with her debut novel of collected power, Silk Cotton and Other Trees.Artistically inspired, her poems are textured works of sound and rhythm which reveal a true ear for cadence. There is a refreshing experimentation with form and metre, ranging from the skilful manipulation of the traditional sonnet forms to free verse and prose poetry. In content, the themes are occasionally haunting and unsettling, for... continue
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Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia EN
Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic comes a fabulous meld of Mexican horror movies and Nazi occultism: a dark thriller about the curse that haunts a legendary lost film—and awakens one woman’s hidden powers. “No one punctures the skin of reality to reveal the lurking, sinister magic beneath better than Silvia Moreno-Garcia.”—Kiersten White, #1 bestselling author of Hide Montserrat has always been overlooked. She’s a talented sound editor, but she’s left out of the boys’ club running the film industry in ’90s Mexico City. And she’s all ... continue
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Sing, Wild Bird, Sing : A Novel by Jacqueline O EN
IrelandDescription:
A courageous woman journeys from nineteenth-century Ireland to the American West in a powerful novel about the indomitable will to survive--and to flourish--against nearly impossible odds. It's 1849 on the west coast of Ireland. Resilient Honora O'Donoghue is accustomed to fending for herself and to reading the language of the natural world. It was always said she'd been marked for something different, but it's not until she suffers devastating losses in a country gripped by the Famine that Honora begins to understand how that difference will save her. With the hope of a better life in America... continue
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Singing Away the Hunger : The Autobiography of an African Woman by Mpho ‘M’atsepo Nthunya EN
LesothoDescription:
A compelling and unique autobiography by an African woman with little formal education, less privilege, and almost no experience of books or writing. Mpho's voice is a voice almost never heard in literature or history, a voice from within the struggle of ""ordinary"" African women to negotiate a world which incorporates ancient pastoral ways and the congestion, brutality, and racist violence of city life. It is also the voice of a born storyteller who has a subject worthy of her gifts - a story for all the world to hear.
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Sinka Mensch by Anna Kordsaia-Samadaschwili DE
GeorgiaDescription:
Es war einmal eine Stadt, deren Bewohner schworen, sie sei die schönste der Welt und in ihr würden Dinge passieren, von denen andere Städte nur träumen könnten. Genau in dieser Stadt, am ehemaligen Revolutionärsplatz Nummer eins, wohnt der verkrüppelte, in einem Kinderheim aufgewachsene Musiker Aleksi Adamiani, dessen Nachname schlicht »Mensch« bedeutet. Auch wenn das Schicksal ihm ein sehr schweres Leben beschieden hatte, lächelte es ihm auch zu und schenkte ihm das treue Akkordeon »Raviata«, seine zwei engsten Freunde Kotiko und... continue
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Sirens & Muses : A Novel by Antonia Angress EN
Country: North America / 
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
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Four artists are drawn into a web of rivalry and desire at an elite art school and on the streets of New York in this “gripping, provocative, and supremely entertaining” (BuzzFeed) debut “Captures the ache-inducing quality of art and desire . . . a deeply relatable and profoundly enjoyable read, one drenched in prismatic color and light.”—Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author of With Teeth It’s 2011: America is in a deep recession and Occupy Wall Street is escalating. But at the elite Wrynn College of Art, students paint and sculpt in a rarefied bubble. Louisa Arceneaux is a though... continue
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Sista, Stanap Strong! : A Vanuatu Women's Anthology by Mikaela Nyman, Rebecca Olul EN
VanuatuDescription:
Sista, Stanap Strong! is an anthology of new writing from Vanuatu by three generations of women - and the first of its kind. With poetry, fiction, essay, memoir, and song, its narrative arc stretches from the days of blackbirding to Independence in 1980 to Vanuatu's coming of age in 2020. Most of these writers are ni-Vanuatu living in Vanuatu. Some have set down roots in New Zealand, Fiji, the Solomon Islands and Canada. Some were born overseas and have made Vanuatu their home. One is just twenty; another is an octogenarian.The writers in this anthology have chosen to harness the coloniser's l... continue
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Sisters : A Novel by Daisy Johnson EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR “[A] skillfully crafted gothic mystery . . . Johnson pulls off a great feat in this book.” —Financial Times “It reminded me, in its general refusal to play nice, of early Ian McEwan.” —The New York Times Book Review “Johnson crafts an aching thriller about the dangers of loving too intensely.” —Time From a Booker Prize finalist and international literary star: a blazing portrait of one darkly riveting sibling relationship, from the inside out. “One of her generation’s most intriguing authors” (Entertainment Weekly), Daisy Johnson is the youngest writer... continue