Nanci Hill

Reading Women

A Book Club Guide for Women's Fiction

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Produktbeschreibung

An indispensable guide for anyone who runs or participates in a book group, this title provides the structure and fun facts needed to examine the genre of women's fiction. Women's fiction covers numerous topics of importance in the lives of women-friendship, love, personal growth, and familial relationships. For this reason, the genre is a hotbed of engaging subjects for book group discussions. Reading Women: A Book Club Guide for Women's Fiction brings together information on over 100 women's fiction titles, providing everything a book group needs to encourage focused, stimulating meetings. Reading Women marshals information that has been, up to this point, either nonexistent or scattered in book club guides. Readers will learn the difference between women's fiction, romance, and chick lit, as well as why these genres provide a rich trove of discussion topics for book groups. Specific entries cover titles from all three genres, offering an author biography, a book summary, bibliographic material, discussion questions, and read-alike information for each book. An additional 50 titles suitable for book group discussions are listed with brief summaries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Libraries Unlimited
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9781591588023
• ISBN-10: 1591588022
• Artikelnr.: 35960593

Autorenporträt

Nanci Milone Hill is director of the M.G. Parker Memorial Library in Dracut, MA.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1-Ninety Titles for Discussion Elizabeth Adler
The House in Amalfi Sarah Addison Allen
Garden Spells Susan Andersen
Bending the Rules Mary Kay Andrews
Deep Dish Donna Ball
A Year on Ladybug Farm Heather Barbieri
The Lace Makers of Glenmara: A Novel Lois Battle
The Floramamba Ladies' Auxiliary and Sewing Circle Elizabeth Berg
The Year of Pleasures Susan Breen
The Fiction Class Elizabeth Buchan
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman Paula Morantz Cohen
Jane Austen in Boca Claire Cook
The Wildwater Walking Club Sandra Dallas
The Chili Queen Dee Davis
A Match Made on Madison Barbara Delinsky
Family Tree Marisa de los Santos
Belong to Me Jude Deveraux
Lavender Morning Anita Diamant
Good Harbor Susan Donovan
The Kept Woman Sarah Dunn
Secrets to Happiness: A Novel Joy Fielding
The First Time Lori Foster
Murphy's Law Karen Joy Fowler
The Jane Austen Book Club Dorothea Benton Frank
Bulls Island Julie Garwood
Fire and Ice Whitney Gaskell
Mommy Tracked Emily Giffin
Something Borrowed Julia Glass
I See You Everywhere Eileen Goudge
Domestic Affairs Jane Green
The Other Woman Kristin Hannah
Firefly Lane Jane Heller
Female Intelligence Judi R. Hendricks
The Baker's Apprentice Patti Callahan Henry
The Art of Keeping Secrets Elin Hilderbrand
A Summer Affair: A Novel Cathy Holton
Beach Trip: A Novel Ann Hood
The Knitting Circle Kate Jacobs
The Friday Night Knitting Club Brenda Janowitz
Scot on the Rocks: How I Survived My Ex-boyfriend's Wedding with My Dignity Ever-so Slightly Intact Janice Kaplan
The Botox Diaries Susan Kelly
The Last of Something Cassandra King
The Same Sweet Girls Barbara Kingsolver
Prodigal Summer Sophie Kinsella
Remember Me? Lisa Kleypas
Smooth Talking Stranger Anne Lamott
Blue Shoe Lorna Landvik
Angry Housewives Eating Bon-Bons Erin McCarthy
Heiress for Hire Debbie Macomber
Twenty Wishes Susan Mallery
Under Her Skin Jo-Ann Mapson
Bad Girl Creek Wendy Markham
That's Amore Carole Matthews
The Chocolate Lovers' Club Fern Michaels
The Scoop Sue Miller
The World Below Jacquelyn Mitchard
Twelve Times Blessed Laura Moriarty
While I'm Falling Sinead Moriarty
The Baby Trail Elizabeth Noble
Things I Want My Daughters to Know Tawni O'Dell
Sister Mine: A Novel Ann Packer
The Dive from Clausen's Pier Carly Phillips
Hot Number Lily Prior
La Cucina: A Novel of Rapture Amanda Quick
The Perfect Poison Kris Radish
Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral Jeanne Ray
Step Ball Change Luanne Rice
The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners Lani Diane Rich
Wish You Were Here Sherri Rifkin
LoveHampton Nora Roberts
Red Lily Elisabeth Robinson
The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters Barbara Samuel
The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue Lisa See
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Christina Schwarz
Drowning Ruth Susan Sellers
Vanessa and Virginia Linda Evans Shepherd and Eva Marie Everson
The Secret's in the Sauce Anita Shreve
Body Surfing Curtis Sittenfeld
American Wife Lee Smith
The Last Girls Virginia Smith
Age Before Beauty Elizabeth Strout
Amy and Isabelle Adriana Trigiani
Lucia
Lucia Joanna Trollope
Friday Nights Wendy Wax
Single in Suburbia Jennifer Weiner
In Her Shoes Lauren Weisberger
Chasing Harry Winston Michael Lee West
Mad Girls in Love: A Novel Madeleine Wickham
The Wedding Girl Sherryl Woods
Stealing Home Cathy Yardley
L. A. Woman Chapter 2-24 Additional Women's Fiction
Chick Lit
and Romance Titles to Consider for Discussion Catherine Anderson
Summer Breeze Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale Anjali Banerjee
Invisible Lives Melissa Bank
The Wonder Spot Chris Bohjalian
Midwives Pearl Cleage
Babylon Sisters Annie Downey
Hot and Bothered Pai Kit Fai
The Concubine's Daughter Dorothea Benton Frank
The Land of Mango Sunsets Laurie Graff
You Have to Kiss a Lot of Frogs Laurie Graham
The Future Homemakers of America Elise Juska
One for Sorrow
Two for Joy Beth Kendrick
Fashionably Late Mia King
Sweet Life Cathy Lamb
Such a Pretty Face Carole Matthews
With or Without You Joyce Meyer
Any Minute: A Novel Sue Miller
The Good Mother Jane Moore
The Second Wives Club Erica Orloff
Mafia Chic Jane Porter
She's Gone Country Monica Pradhan
The Hindi-Bindi Club Liz Rosenberg
Home Repair LaVyrle Spencer
Family Blessings Notes Appendix A: Sample Book Group Handout Appendix B: List of Reader Resources Appendix C: List of Book Group Resources Subject Index Author Index Title Index Geographic Setting Index