The F-word discussion

It's that time again... nominate the books you think we should read for October and November!

There are a couple of new releases that look really good, Bad Feminist: Essays and My Body Is a Book of Rules, and I'd love to nominate them for the upcoming non-fic selections!

I nominate The Inhabited Woman

OOh looks great!

My nomination: Shakespeare's Wife by Germaine Greer.

For non-fiction I would like to nominate Mom & Me & Mom and My Accidental Jihad. For fiction I would like to nominate Orlando and All Over Creation.

And now I also want to read Sex, Class, And Culture.

OK thanks all for the nominations! For fiction I'd also like to nominate The Handmaid's Tale and Their Eyes Were Watching God

Stephanie wrote: "There are a couple of new releases that look really good, Bad Feminist: Essays and My Body Is a Book of Rules, and I'd love to nominate them for the upcoming non-fic..."

My Body is a Book of Rules sounds fascinating (and intense)!

My non-fiction nominations: Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods and When God Was a Woman

For fiction, I've already nominated The Inhabited Woman and I want to add The Midwife's Confession

I'd like to nominate my own book that depicts the reality of the life of a revolutionary female novelist from the French Romantic Movement: George Sand. I think your group would appreciate the struggles and triumphs depicted in this biographical historical anti-romantic novel.


The Romances of George Sand

“What a read! Not lacking in action and very imaginative.” -Belinda Jack, author of George Sand: A Woman’s Life Writ Large and Professor of Rhetoric, Gresham College, Christ Church, University of Oxford

“Anna Faktorovich has succeeded in writing a historical novel about George Sand… that is pleasing to read for readers of literary historical fiction and scholars alike… a complex and exquisitely researched novel that gets you hooked after a few pages… The tragedy of a woman searching for true love in a society dominated by males, and failing to find it in her numerous and invariably tragic affairs… is conveyed in a subtle and deeply moving manner… This is not a light historical novel but an elaborate story about a feminist avant la letter…” -Bob Van Laerhoven, Author of critically acclaimed, Baudelaire’s Revenge (Pegasus Books)

The Romances of George Sand takes the heroine from a childhood in the aristocracy amidst the Napoleonic Wars, to an unhappy early marriage and eventual divorce, to her careers as a country doctor, pharmacist, lawyer, and most successfully as a romance novelist. This is a story about the revolutions in a woman’s heart as she goes through dozens of love affairs. It is also about George’s involvement in violent, political revolutions of her time, including the July and June Revolutions and the 1848 Revolution; in the latter, she served as the unofficial Minister of Propaganda. The story is full of military battles, coup d’etat maneuvers, duels, malevolent plots, infidelity, artistic discussions, monumental legal cases, and reflections on the nature of love, family, romance, rebellion, and femininity. The history behind each of the events depicted is researched with biographical precision, but liberty is taken with some events that have been contested by historians, including the lesbian affair George had with Marie Dorval and the identity of the real father of her second child. Students of literature and history will recognize many of the central characters, as George befriended Napoleon I and III, Alexander Dumas pere and fils, Frederic Chopin, Alfred de Musset, and a long list of other notables.

Anna Faktorovich is the Director and Founder of the Anaphora Literary Press. Previously, she taught college English for three years at the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and the Middle Georgia State College. She has a Ph.D. in English Literature and Criticism. She published two academic books: “Rebellion as Genre in the Novels of Scott, Dickens and Stevenson” (McFarland, 2013) and “The Formulas of Popular Fiction: Elements of Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance, Religious and Mystery Novels” (McFarland, 2014). Her other publications include: two poetry collections: “Improvisational Arguments” (Fomite Press, 2011) and “Battle for Athens” (Anaphora, 2012), historical novels: “The Romances of George Sand” (Anaphora, 2014) and the forthcoming, “The Battle for Democracy” (Anaphora, 2015), fantasy novellas: “The Great Love of Queen Margaret, the Vampire” (Grim’s Labyrinth, 2014) and “The Campaigns against the Olden: Kindoms of Laruta” (Grim’s Labyrinth, 2014), an illustrated children’s book, “The Sloths and I” (Anaphora, 2013), and the “Book Production Guide” (Anaphora, 2014). She has been editing and writing for the independent, tri-annual Pennsylvania Literary Journal since 2009.

I nominate Lean in by Sheryl

I am rather new to this - so please forgive me if I am not following protocol, but I was unable to find a place to email direct.

I would like to have my newest release considered for this group: AMERICAN WOMAN The Poll Dance: Women and Voting. This link contains the amazon link, description and excerpts. My email is authorkimberley@outlook.com.

"Actress, author, feminist and activist. Kimberley A. Johnson has worn a lot of hats, but the one she is most proud of is activist. In American Woman, she shares her journey and talks about two things that are dear to her heart and at the heart of our democracy: voting and women’s rights. So often we hear people say, “I want my country back!” But so often that is followed by “My vote doesn’t count.” In American Woman, Kimberley shows the impact voting – or not voting – can make. In a narrative that combines the history of the women’s rights movement, personal recollections and headlines of the day – with a dash of snark and sarcasm. American Woman not only speaks to women, but to all those who cherish our democracy. It is a clarion call to arms and the weapon is your vote."

http://kimberleyajohnson.com/excerpts...

Kimberley