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Author
Publisher
Howard Books
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jennifer Knapp's meteoric rise in the Christian music industry ended abruptly when she walked away and came out publicly as a lesbian. This is her story of coming to Christ, building a career, admitting who she is, and how her faith remained strong through it all.
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
7 audio discs (8 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
There is a voice of longing inside each woman. They strive so mightily to be good: good partners, daughters, mothers, employees, and friends. They hope all this striving will make them feel alive. Instead, it leaves them feeling wary, stuck, overwhelmed, and underwhelmed, looking at their lives and wondering, wasn't it all supposed to be more beautiful than this? Part intimate memoir and part galvanizing wake-up call, Glennon Doyle shows women how...
4) Untamed
Author
Language
English
Description
"There is a voice of longing inside every woman. We strive so mightily to be good: good mothers, daughters, partners, employees, citizens, and friends. We believe all this striving will make us feel alive. Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed, and underwhelmed. We look at our lives, relationships, and world, and wonder: Wasn't it all supposed to be more beautiful than this? We quickly silence that question, telling ourselves to...
5) Brown, white, black: an American family at the intersection of race, gender, sexuality, and religion
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
211 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Essays describe how the author's experiences as an Indian American, the wife of a white Christian woman, and the mother of an adopted black son have been challenged by rigid cultural family norms.
Author
Publisher
Random House Large Print
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First large print edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 379 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"For years, Michelle LeClair, former President of Scientology's international humanitarian organization, tried to reconcile her same-sex attraction with the anti-gay ideology of the church. Michelle finally ends her horrific marriage, finds the love of her life, a woman, and ultimately leaves the Church. But the split comes at a terrible price. Her once pristine reputation is publicly dragged through the mud, the police raid her home, her ex-husband...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
242 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Eighteen months before her beloved father died, Kathryn Schulz met Casey, the woman who would become her wife. Lost & Found weaves together their love story with the story of losing Kathryn's father in a brilliant exploration of the way families are lost and found and the way life dispenses wretchedness and suffering, beauty and grandeur all at once. Schulz writes with painful clarity about the vicissitudes of grieving her father, but she also writes...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A revolutionary memoir about domestic abuse by the award-winning author of Her Body and Other Parties
In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado’s engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing relationship with a charismatic but volatile woman, Machado struggles to make sense of how what happened...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 274 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A lively, intimate memoir from an icon of the gay rights movement, describing gay life in 1950s and '60s New York City and her longtime activism which opened the door for marriage equality. Edie Windsor became internationally famous when she sued the US government, seeking federal recognition for her marriage to Thea Spyer, her partner of more than four decades. The Supreme Court ruled in Edie's favor, a landmark victory that set the stage for full...
Author
Publisher
The Dial Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
405 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Gabe Montesanti grew up queer in a working-class, conservative Catholic family in the Midwest, where she was taught to prioritize strength and impenetrability over vulnerability and honesty. In this emotionally, physically, and spiritually abusive environment, she developed a severe eating disorder, never learned to trust herself, and lived in constant fear. As she enters graduate school, she vows to put the trauma of her past behind her and to learn...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this spirited account, Billie Jean King details her life's journey to find her true self. She recounts her groundbreaking tennis career--six years as the top-ranked woman in the world, twenty Wimbledon championships, thirty-nine grand-slam titles, and her watershed defeat of Bobby Riggs in the famous "Battle of the Sexes." She poignantly recalls the cultural backdrop of those years and the profound impact on her worldview from the women's movement,...