Intellectual Womens Fiction I Recommended to my Sister
Discover top intellectual women's fiction books I recommended to my sister. Explore thought-provoking, empowering reads perfect for insightful readers.
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Gardens in the Dunes
by Leslie Marmon Silko
Indigo, an Indian girl from Arizona orphaned by U.S. Cavalry, is adopted by an intellectual white woman who takes her on a tour of Europe. …
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The Greenlanders
by Jane Smiley
Here is the compelling story of a family--the proud landowner Asgeir Gunnarson, his son, Gunnar, and his daughter, Margret. Echoing the simple power of the …
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My Ántonia
by Willa Cather
The reminiscences of a New York lawyer, Jim Burden, about his boyhood in Nebraska, particularly a young Bohemian girl named Antonia Shimerda, are set against …
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Artemisia
by Alexandra Lapierre
Artemisia Gentileschi, a significant female artist of the late 1600s, is brought to life as Lapierre captures the flavor of Baroque Italy as well as …
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The House of the Spirits
by Isabel Allende
Here, in an astonishing debut by a gifted storyteller, is the magnificent saga of proud and passionate men and women and the turbulent times through …
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Out of Africa
by Isak Dinesen
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales …
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Alias Grace
by Margaret Atwood
The bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments reveals the life of one of the most notorious women of the nineteenth century in …
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The Tale of Genji
by Murasaki Shikibu
The Tale of Genji was written in the eleventh century by Murasaki Shikibu, a lady of the Heian court. It is universally recognized as the …
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Beloved
by Toni Morrison
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A spellbinding novel that transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate …