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A Different Angle: Fly Fishing Stories by Women 3 reviews
Seal Press (WA), 1995
Beautifully written; humor, romance, and why we fish.
This book is not just about fly-fishing, nor is it just about women who fly-fish. The authors and editors have put together a wonderful blend of humor, romance, nostalgia, and the reasons we all fly-fish, male or female. The stories describe the intimidation factor of entering a male dominated sport, why they chose to do so, and what they have learned about life from the experience. It ...
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Real Girl/Real World: Tools for Finding Your True Self 7 reviews
Heather M. Gray, Samantha Phillips, ...
Seal Press (WA), 1998
A real book for a real girl
Want a book that will serve the facts up as they really are? Try out this book "Real Girl/Real World." This book covers a wide range of topics from anatomy to sexuality. I think it is probably most suited for high school age girls, and possibly college freshman who may need some enlightenment before leaving for school. For those out there who aren't lucky enough to have open parents to ...
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Trouble in Transylvania: A Cassandra Reilly Mystery (Cassandra Reilly Mysteries)1 review
Barbara Wilson
Seal Press (WA), 1994
Oh my Goddess! I was great
what a fantastic read. This was my first Barbara Wilson book, I've now read several others and have enjoyed every one. Strong characters and exciting storylines. I love the element of the geography induced. I read this and want more... She is just deliscios.
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Lesbian Couples: A Guide to Creating Healthy Relationships7 reviews
D. Merilee Clunis, G. Dorsey Green
Seal Press (WA), 2000
A book everyone in a relationship should read, even if you're not a lesbian!
This book's advice has been so wonderful and has definitely helped enrich mine and my partner's relationship. I have even suggested this to some of my strait friends and they have benefitted from it's advice as well. The only advice I disagree on is the whole non-monogamy thing that they offer in part of the book as an option, but that's a personal preferance of mine and I am sure to those who ...
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You Can Be Free: An Easy-To-Read Handbook for Abused Women2 reviews
Ginny Nicarthy, Sue Davidson
Seal Press (WA), 1997
Could save a life!
I read this and it saved my life. I finally reconized abuse and what it was doing to my family. I have bought it for every abused woman I have met. Once you read it's words you can't close your eyes any longer.
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Nothing Happened (Women in Translation)1 review
Ebba Haslund
Seal Press (WA), 1987
To find courage
This resounding story centers on Norway in 1939. Edle is a wallflower who never quite realizes her true feelings for her girl friends until much later in life. It's about finding the courage to love openly, despite society.
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Talking It Out: A Guide to Groups for Abused Women (New Leaf Series)1 review
Ginny Nicarthy, Karen Merriam, ...
Seal Press (WA), 1984
Talking It Out
This is an excellent resource for leaders of groups for abused women and could also be useful for individuals trying to assess the impact of emotional abuse on their lives. It helps women make up their own minds what to do and offers excellent group exercises. This book should be kept in print and on many bookshelves! Highly recommended.
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Getting Free: You Can End Abuse and Take Back Your Life12 reviews
Ginny Nicarthy
Seal Press (WA), 1997
Getting Free
I left my partner 6 weeks ago. There were so many signs that I didn't recognize until I had left and until I read this book. The exercises are realistic, and very very helpful. I am searching for more, I wish this book never ended so that I could receive daily readings from this author!
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Leading Out: Mountaineering Stories of Adventurous Women5 reviews
Rachel Da Silva
Seal Press (WA), 1998
Great Fun! Great Adventures!
This book was great fun to read, full of interesting and exciting adventures. It turns out that the editor, Rachel da Silva, is leading a Women's Everest Base Camp and Khumbu Valley trek to Nepal in fall 2000, through Adventures in Good Company, an outdoor group based in Afton, Minnesota. I would love to go and write my own adventure book! In the meantime these stories have been perfect for ...
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Nervous Conditions 3 Ed33 reviews
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Seal Press (WA), 2002
Two very intelligent Shona girls lapse into cynicism and disappointment upon realizing that an elite education is not a panacea
This novel is loosely autobiographical and takes place in the 60's and 70's in colonial Zimbabwe, then called Rhodesia. Tambu is a young girl from a very poor rural family. She is forced to live in the shadow of her favored older brother. Tambu begs her lazy sexist father to be able to attend school like her older brother but he feels she should stay home and learn to cook. Tambu is determined ...
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Egalia's Daughters: A Satire of the Sexes 15 reviews
Gerd Brantenberg, Louis MacKay
Seal Press (WA), 1995
Imaginative and entertaining
This book is a captivating story about coming of age and a profound statement about gender divisions in human society. Brantenberg artfully tells a story about growing up and questioning the social roles and expectations encountered along the way. The history and social structure of an imaginary society are developed and brought to life in this book, to the point that I had trouble putting it ...
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The Lesbian Parenting Book: A Guide to Creating Families and Raising Children3 reviews
D. Merilee Clunis, G. Dorsey Green
Seal Press (WA), 1995
The Dr. Spock For Lesbian Families!
One of the best and most comprehensive books I have ever read concerning lesbian parenting. This book addresses child development and provides a common sense guide to raising kids, all with a lesbian twist. In addition to the usual parenting issues, the book also addresses concerns specific to lesbian headed households, including homophobia from outsiders, how to deal with school issues, and ...
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Faint Praise: A Jane Lawless Mystery (Jane Lawless Mysteries) 2 reviews
Ellen Hart
Seal Press (WA), 1995
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This was a pretty good read, even if the writing was a tad simplistic. A little overblown. A lesbian murder mystery very much in the vein of Agatha Christie, with a huge cast of characters and lots of red herrings thrown in. I never did figure out the murderer with any surety. The description of the various lofts was quite intriguing, as was the well-described Minneapolis winter. Each of her ...
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Tents in the Clouds: The First Women's Himalayan Expedition4 reviews
Monica Jackson, Arlene Blum, ...
Seal Press (WA), 2000
An Echo from Another World
Imagine...It's the 1950s. Only two years since Sir Hillary's first ascent of Mount Everest. There is no Polartec. No GoreTex. No Polypro longjohns. No plastic bags! And you can't afford oxygen, or an altimeter that reads over 8,000 feet. And yet, you and your two best buddies decide to go treking in the Himalayas, leaving husband and boyfriends behind. Explore unknown, unnamed ...
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The House with the Blind Glass Windows (Women in Translation)4 reviews
Herbjorg Wassmo
Seal Press (WA), 1987
Windows open on a fierce and sensitive soul
Wassmo's spare and lyric prose is a joy to read. In unabashed language she tells the story of Tora, a young girl growing up on a remote Norwegian island a decade after World War II. The illegitimate daughter of a German soldier, Tora lives in a poor household with her drudging mother and a brutal step-father who subjects her to repeated sexual abuse. Fiercely silent, Tora deals with her ordeal ...
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Body Outlaws: Young Women Write About Body Image and Identity21 reviews
Seal Press (WA), 2000
Great book!
I was required to get this book for a women's study course for college. I'm very glad that I did. This is a compliation of many stories from different women, either going through the same thing or versions of the same thing. It would be a great book for teenage girls trying to figure themselves out.
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To Be an Anchor in the Storm: A Guide for Families and Friends of Abused Women3 reviews
Susan Brewster
Seal Press (WA), 2000
Outstanding resource
This is one of the finest books I have read on domestic violence. As the director of a domestic violence program, I have been enthusiastically recommending it to clients, colleagues and friends alike. The real strength of this book is that it gives those who want to help a perspective and specific tools and guidelines for supporting a woman who is being abused. Too many resources are ...
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Cunt: A Declaration of Independence (Live Girls)104 reviews
Inga Muscio
Seal Press (WA), 1998
amazing
This book is a must read for any woman. It goes everywhere from supporting female owned corporations to showing women how they disempower each others and themselves. Most of all it teaches you how to love yourself and the women around you. I'm buying for all of my female relatives for this Christmas! Have fun reading and enjoy!
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The Unsavvy Traveler: Women's Comic Tales of Catastrophe15 reviews
Lucie Ocena
Seal Press (WA), 2001
GREAT!!!
AN OVERALL GREAT READ!
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Solo: On Her Own Adventure7 reviews
Seal Press (WA), 1996
I loved these stories and didn?t want to put the book down.
I really enjoyed reading "Solo" and have been recommending it (and lending it) to friends. I loved these stories and didn't want to put the book down. Not only does each author describe their surroundings and actions (bicycling in New Zealand, kayaking in Alaska, trekking in Nepal) but they describe their emotions and where they are in their lives. Many of these women are making serious ...
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