Books written by female authors (3308)
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Moi Nojoud, 10 ans, divorcée by Nujood Ali FR
YemenDescription:
Mariée de force à un homme trois fois plus âgé qu'elle, Nojoud est sexuellement abusée. Elle a 10 ans. Ayant demandé en vain le divorce trois mois après ses noces, elle se réfugie au tribunal. Grâce à la mobilisation d'une avocate, des ONG et de la presse locale, elle parvient au divorce. Ce fait est exceptionnel au Yémen où près de la moitié des filles sont mariées en dessous de l'âge légal.
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Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A moving memoir about the legendary author’s relationship with her own mother. Emma Watson’s Our Shared Shelf Book Club Pick! The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother. For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter, an indomitable spirit whose petite size belied her larger-than-life presence—a presence absent during much of A... continue
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Mon frère by Jamaica Kincaid FR
Country: North America / 
Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda
Description:
Jamaica Kincaid raconte la disparition de son frère, mort du sida à l'âge de trente-trois ans, à Antigua, une petite lie des Antilles. Avec délicatesse, avec précision, parfois avec une brutalité inouïe, elle décrit ce qu'elle voit, ce qu'elle ressent. Elle s'efforce de comprendre pourquoi cet événement l'oblige à repenser toute sa vie, et avec elle celle de sa famille. " Pour moi, dit-elle, l'écriture n'est pas un moyen de se projeter dans la sphère publique, mais simplement une façon d'être. C'est un processus toujours très douloureux, mais je l'accepte comme une réalité qui ne doit pas être... continue
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Mona : A Novel by Pola Oloixarac EN
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
From the critically acclaimed author of Savage Theories and Dark Constellations comes Pola Oloixarac’s Mona, where success as a "writer of color" proves to be a fresh hell for a young Latin American woman abroad. Mona, a Peruvian writer based in California, presents a tough and sardonic exterior: she likes drugs and cigarettes, has mysterious bruises on her neck, and pokes fun of American academic culture and its identity-fixation, of which she herself is a beneficiary: "In her role of overeducated Latina in the era of Trump, Mona experienced her serene captivity as a kind of freedom . . ." No... continue
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Mona in Three Acts by Griet Op de Beeck EN
BelgiumDescription:
In this international bestseller, a woman comes of age in a poignant novel about forgiveness, pain, and self-discovery. Mona's demanding mother ruled their home until a car crash took her life and changed their family forever. Left to tend to a distant father and a needy younger brother, Mona finds her new role almost too much to bear. And when a new stepmother, troubled and depressed, adds yet another crack to the family portrait, Mona's forced to shoulder an even greater share of the emotional burden. Somewhere between her responsibility to her family and to her own life, Mona finds a route ... continue
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MongoliaDescription:
Exteremely interesting'emotionally engaging (Stuart Kelly). Uuganaa is a Mongol living in Britain, far from the world she grew up in: as a nomadic herder she lived in a yurt, eating marmot meat, distilling vodka from goat's yoghurt and learning about Comrade Lenin. When her new-born son Billy is diagnosed with DownOCOs Syndrome, she finds herself facing bigotry and taboo as well as heartbreak. In this powerful memoir, Uuganaa skilfully interweaves the extraordinary story of her own childhood in Mongolia with the sadly short life of Billy, who becomes a symbol of union and disunion, cultures an... continue
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Mongolia by Julia Wong Kcomt ES
Country: South America / 
Peru
Peru
Description:
Belinda vive entre mundos y abismos. Atormentada por la temprana muerte de su hijo y su pasado impetuoso, busca reconciliarse con sus raíces, sus decepciones y sus anhelos. En el afán de volver a montar los fragmentos de su vida, decide emprender un viaje a Ulan Bator. Mongolia es la encrucijada de historias que traspasan fronteras y limitaciones. Julia Wong nos sumerge en el mundo de su mística protagonista, un laberinto de recuerdos y fantasías reales que se entretejen en un baile peligroso, recordándonos una vez más que el cariño y la violenc... continue
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Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
“Monkey Beach creates a vivid contemporary landscape that draws the reader deep into a traditional world, a hidden universe of premonition, pain and power.” --Thomas King Tragedy strikes a Native community when the Hill family’s handsome seventeen-year-old son, Jimmy, mysteriously vanishes at sea. Left behind to cope during the search-and-rescue effort is his sister, Lisamarie, a wayward teenager with a dark secret. She sets off alone in search of Jimmy through the Douglas Channel and heads for Monkey Beach—a shore famed for its sasquatch sightings. Infused by turns with darkness and humour, M... continue
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Monkey Grip by Helen Garner EN
AustraliaDescription:
Helen Garner’s gritty, lyrical first novel divided the critics on its publication in 1977. Today, Monkey Grip is regarded as a masterpiece—the novel that shines a light on a time and a place and a way of living never before presented in Australian literature: communal households, music, friendships, children, love, drugs, and sex. When Nora falls in love with Javo, she is caught in the web of his addiction; and as he moves between loving her and leaving, between his need for her and promises broken, Nora’s life becomes an intense dance of loving and trying to let go. Helen Garner is one of Aus... continue