Tag: women's lives

Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories

Nigerian women take control of their destinies. Read more

African Literature, Nigeria, Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi, women's lives

2022
Crooked Hallelujah

It’s 1974 in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and fifteen-year-old Justine grows up in a family of tough, complicated, and loyal women, presided over by her mother, Lula, and Granny. After Justine’s father abandoned the family, Lula became a devout member of the Holiness Church – a community that Justine at times finds stifling and […] Read more

Native American, United States, women's lives

2020
The Joy Luck Club

Examining the deep connection between mothers and daughters among Chinese immigrants Read more

Amy Tan, China, migrants, United States, women's lives

2016
Nancy Culpepper: Stories

A woman’s lifelong quest to understand her place in the world. Read more

American Literary Regionalism, Bobbie Ann Mason, loss and meaning, United States, women's lives

2007
Living, Loving and Lying Awake at Night

South African women’s lives under apartheid. Read more

African Literature, Sindiwe Magona, South Africa, women's lives

1994
The Women of Brewster Place

Strengths, struggles, and hopes of black women in America. Read more

African-American Literature, Gloria Naylor, towns and cities, United States, women's lives

1982
Three Lives

Three Lives tells the stories of three working class women — Anna, a conscientious but rigid serving woman; Melanctha, a worldly-wise and sensitive black girl; and Lena, a gentle but feeble-minded maid. Although these are relatively ordinary women, in the author’s hands their lives and minds take on extraordinary interest. Told in clear, carefully crafted prose, […] Read more

Classics, United States, women's lives

1909