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A must-read collection of acclaimed writers, thinkers and activists, Aftermath: Life in Post-Roe America offers an indispensable look what the loss of Roe v. Wade means for American life, and what the future of the fight for reproductive justice may look like from here.

Blending a fresh adaptation of the Russian fairy tale "Vasilisa the Wise" with the practical concerns of everyday life, The Girl in the White Cape follows Elena, a sheltered teenager, and Frank, a kindhearted young cabbie, as they navigate transformative, magic-infused experiences in modern-day San Francisco.

After moving to the Maine woods to build her dream home, thirty-nine-year-old feminist lesbian attorney Roberta Kuriloff confronts major life experiences and events from her childhood and her present—including a tragic loss that spurs an eight-year quest into Kabbalah, Buddhism, reincarnation, and psychic experiences—in pursuit of the true meaning of home.

Three months after Barbara Terao makes a new home by the sea two thousand miles from her husband—not knowing when, or if, she'll ever live with him again—she is diagnosed with breast cancer. In the months that follow, she realizes the island is exactly where she needs to be as she faces her medical and marital crises and finds healing.

Who gets to tell the story of a marriage? Unfolding from multiple points of view, this contemporary divorce novel, which includes a courtroom drama and a millennial polyamorous girlfriend, allows readers to view the unraveling of a marriage not only from the perspective of the couple but also their friends, neighbors, children, and even the family dog.

Meet Beige. Beige is reliable, practical, sensible, and safe. Beige doesn't put up a fuss; it follows the rules, blends in, doesn't want to stand out. Now meet Magenta. Magenta is rich, dynamic, loud, sometimes garish, and not easily overlooked.Society has decidedly beige expectations when it comes to aging, and the intrinsic danger of beige and its many practical aspects is that it precludes creative thinking. Creative thinking is critical in avoiding a beige aging journey. Be Brave. Lose the Beige! Finding Your Sass after Sixty encourages women to trot out their inner magenta and defy those beige expectations.Be Brave. Lose the Beige! started as a blog and morphed into a movement. This movement gently pokes fun at ageist rules and expectations. It says "yes" when the rest of the world keeps saying "no." In these pages, Liz Kitchens chronicles how creative thinking helped her cope with empty nest syndrome, navigate sex over sixty, transition from being outtasight to literally being out-of-sight . . . and so much more.The stories and creative techniques outlined in this book are guaranteed to introduce color, sass, and a lightness of spirit into your later years. Are you ready to start coloring outside the lines, even if a few pesky rules get trampled in the process?

Feeling inadequate as a young doctor, Alicia Blando embarks upon a search for her life's path. Her ensuing journey leads her to seek out unconventional teachers, embrace the diagnostic capacity of astrology, and ultimately discover an astrological map that holds the potential to trace her life's path and purpose in connection with planetary movements: past, present, and future.

Can an extraterrestrial intelligence use our own biology against us? Can a human consciousness survive in a virtual environment? Can one wish for a mate to avoid the rigors of dating? Can a book written by a future savior spark a new religion? Each of the stories in this speculative collection takes the reader further into the future and farther out into the cosmos.

When her beloved husband took his life, and with it her life as she knew it, Suzanne Anderson faced a choice: would she be broken down and defeated, or broken open and transformed? Part memoir, part guidebook, You Make Your Path by Walking accompanies readers on their own journeys through the barren landscape of trauma and grief, offering comfort, guidance, and inspiration to make meaning out of loss.

Amid the many obstacles she and her husband, Michael, face after his diagnosis with multiple sclerosis, Suzanne Marriott's love for him grows-creating a bond even death cannot sever-and she learns to be a compassionate caregiver for both him and, ultimately, herself. Candid and illuminating, Marriott's story of spiritual and psychological growth through caregiving will appeal to anyone facing a life-changing crisis.

When Big Pharma exec Leo Cushman is fatally stabbed, the highly intuitive Detective Anna Crane has many suspects, including Obliterate Opiates activists, a disinherited family, and an addict vowing vengeance—but her prime target is the brilliant biochemist Eleanor Kiernan, to whom Detective Crane finds herself irresistibly drawn.

Deeply in love, Cal and Mary brave divorce, marry, and help each other succeed in their work. Cal becomes a renowned inventor, Mary a best-selling author. Then Alzheimer's strikes. Cal faces his disease courageously, Mary finds ways to sustain their relationship despite it. While they don't beat Alzheimer's, it doesn't win either. Their love persists throughout and beyond their battle.

When a charismatic college actor rapes Margaret Carlyle on their first date, she wants nothing more than to forget it ever happened. Instead, that one night seems to drive all her subsequent decisions, including an early marriage, until she's forced to confront the destructive nature of secrets and the risks inherent in love.

Jaded New York City Public Defender Liana Cohen would give anything to have one client in whom she can believe. Dozens of hardened criminals and repeat offenders have chipped away at her faith in both herself and the system. Her boyfriend Jakob's high-powered law firm colleagues see her do-gooder job as a joke, which only adds to the increasing strain in their relationship. Enter imprisoned felon Danny Shea, whose unforgivable crime would raise a moral conflict in an attorney at the height of her idealism--and that hasn't been Liana in quite a while. But Danny's astonishing blend of good looks, intelligence, and vulnerability intrigues Liana. Could he be the client she's been longing for--the wrongly accused in need of a second chance? Is he innocent? As their attorney-client relationship transforms into something less than arm's length, Liana is forced to confront fundamental questions of truth, faith, and love--and to decide who she wants to be.

France, 1940. Nazi forces march towards Paris. Lili Rosenswig's wealthy and eccentric family is ensconced in their country chateau with their sumptuous collection of arts and antiques. The beloved Matisse portrait of Lili's mother has been brought from their Paris salon for safety. It is the day before young lovers Lili and Paul are to be married that they are forced to flee and their fortunes change irrevocably. Lili and her family escape but Paul must stay behind to defend his country. In their struggle to adapt to changing circumstances in an unpredictable world, all are pushed to reinvent themselves. When top Nazi Herman Goring loots their Matisse portrait, their story is intertwined with the fate of the painting. PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN IN WHITE is a moving family saga, an obsessive search for lost love and lost art and how far we will go to survive.

Henrietta and Clive race across Europe in search of a missing panel of the Ghent Altarpiece, intent on finding it before it falls into the hands of the Nazis, who believe it contains a coded map to the Arma Christi¿weapons of ultimate power.

In this personal and transformational memoir, Malaysia-born Amelia Zachry chronicles how the trauma of sexual assault and the challenges of living with bipolar disorder disrupted her life as a young woman?and how she managed to regain control of her life and, ultimately, find love, healing, and a sense of belonging after emigrating to the US.

The remarkable discovery that her ancestor—the wife of a Confederate general—gave birth to a biracial baby during the Civil War sets Temple Preston on a mission to uncover secrets from her family¿s slaveholding past. But when she sparks a backlash in her hometown, Temple must decide how much she¿s willing to lose to tell the truth.

She promised one year to live with her stubbornly independent mother, clean out the house her parents had stashed with musty history for five decades, and move her mother into assisted living. Four years later, daughter and mother are still in the kitchen fighting over food and territory, dementia and blindness in this fierce, compassionate, humorous story of self-discovery and forgiveness.

Intergenerational trauma is transformed into resilience and post traumatic growth in this gripping story of brutal domestic violence, family secrets, and uncommon wisdom. After Yvonne Martinez is taken in by her dying, once-prostitute grandmother, she later learns that her grandmother was long ago trafficked by her own mother in depression-era Utah¿a revelation that sends Yvonne on a search for answers ends in healing . . . and in her becoming an activist.

Troost is a real street. East of it is where you can buy a house if you're Black. It's also where our middle-aged white narrator grew up-and where she has just returned to reboot her life. How will she fare in this vastly changed world? This fictional story, punctuated by factual memoir, is by turns soul-searching, entertaining, and heartbreaking.

With humor, lived experience, and actionable advice, positivity expert and author Jane Enright offers inspiration and hope to readers on accepting unplanned change, building resilience, and landing butter side up in in the game of life.

Surrendered at birth in a closed adoption, Candi Byrne strives for decades to fit in to her adoptive ¿frankenfamily¿¿only to finally discover, after a series of unanticipated events, that her true home has been with her all along in this raw, often wry, memoir of mothers, mysteries, and miracles.

Promenade of Desire narrates a young woman¿s journey from repression to liberation in tandem with Spain¿s transition from dictatorship to democracy. As the country transforms itself, the shy María Isidra evolves into the alluring Isadora, whose passion for books and salsa dancing sustains her as she discovers what it means to be lustful and loved, and reclaims her whole self.

It took Cynthia James many decades to find her authentic voice; today, she supports clients around the world to do the same. In this accessible, inspiring guide, she examines why uncovering your own voice is so important—and shares tools and guidance for how to get there.