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The Frozen River

by Ariel Lawhon (Goodreads Author)

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read in July 2024

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Ruby said: " Okay okay hear me out, a literate midwife with a hot loving husband with 9 kids and takes literally no bullshit from anyone, existed! This book is based on Martha, a midwife that lived in Maine USA in the 1700s.

This story revolves around a murder, a ...more "

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Book cover for Woman Without Shame: Poems

Woman Without Shame: Poems by Sandra Cisneros

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I believe what the generals need now Are the abuelita brigades armed with Chanclas to shame, swat, and spank Los meros machos del mundo. Amen.

Ruby’s Quotes

“I have tried the way of the misanthrope, the way of the deviant, the philosopher, the observer, the pretender. But there is one road I have not seriously considered walking down, have not permitted myself to. Perhaps it is time.”
― C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

tags: feminist, misanthrope

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“I was forced to acknowledge too late, much too late, that I too had loved, that I was capable of suffering, and that I was human after all.”
― Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men

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