Talkin' Books with Susan Brown: Women!Like this list

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• Step Aside, Pops

  a Hark! A Vagrant Collection

  Beaton, Kate, 1983-

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  (They didn't talk about this book, but the first few books they discussed are not in the library so I'm editorializing by including this great book by and about women.)

• The Westing Game

  Raskin, Ellen

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  Great female author, great female protagonist

• Maisie Dobbs

  Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955-

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  Plucky female heroine (and a fave among CHPL staff).

• Girl Waits With Gun

  a Kopp Sisters Novel

  Stewart, Amy

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  Inspired by a random clipping the author found while doing research for THE DRUNKEN BOTANIST. V v plucky!

• Team of Rivals

  the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

  Goodwin, Doris Kearns

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  Lots about the roles of wives and daughters in politics and society.

• The Handmaid's Tale

  Atwood, Margaret, 1939-

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  BECAUSE THEY WEAR RED.

• When She Woke

  Jordan, Hillary, 1963-

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  Worth mentioning again. Also, red.

• Kindred

  Butler, Octavia E

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  Time travel is dangerous for African American women...

• Parable of the Sower

  Butler, Octavia E

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