In this book, Rosemary Auchmuty looks at school novels with popular female heroines, such as the Abbey Girl books and the Chalet School series. She questions their ability to portray strong, independent women, and asks why the female authors often resort to the conventions of society, marrying the characters off into a life of domesticity.

A World of Women: Growing Up in the Girls' School Story

Literature & Fiction

Auchmuty, Rosemary

History & Criticism

Women's Press, Ltd. (UK)

Since antiquity, the wisdom of an ancient feminine culture—rich in folklore and healing skills—was passed on from mother to daughter. Driven underground by the rampant fear of "witchcraft," the culture survived through recipes, household diaries, and "old wives' tales." In this delightful compendium, Beverly Pagram uncovers a rich and fascinating heritage of food gathering and preparation; herbal wisdom; remedies and recipes; spells, potions, and charms; and house and garden lore. Her month-by-month almanac highlights the links between domestic work and the seasons, and between women's cycles and the natural world, painting an engaging portrait that is surprisingly relevant to women's lives today.

Heaven and Hearth

Pagram, Beverly

Contemporary

In A Second Skin, top contemporary writers explore the significance of clothes which have marked a particular point in their lives, touching on themes such as identity, memory, family, sexulaity, rebellion, and tradition. From Joan Smith's rumination on underewar and sexual politics to Helen Dunmore's sumptuous description of her mother's red velvet dress, this varied and resonant collection examines the place clothes hold in our lives.

Second Skin: Women Write about Clothes

Arts & Photography

Dunseath, Kirsty

Fashion

In this collection of essays, leading female thinkers and writers share their visions for the new millennium.

The Female Odyssey: Visions for the 21st Century

Essays & Correspondence

Sleep is an essential human need yet at least one third of the population are trying to make do with around six hours sleep a night instead of 8-9 hours. This text provides a guide to the problems and solutions looking at the effects of what we eat, when we exercise and the environment we live in.

Sleep: A Natural Guide

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Viagas, Belinda Grant

Diseases & Physical Ailments

This is the story of Julie—the dutiful daughter, the romantic heroine, the perfect wife and mother. The woman who seeks nothing but acceptance. But Julie knows she is also the witch, the whore, the madwoman, the insatiable, the lesbian. As her two worlds threaten to collide and fall apart, Julie realizes she must come to terms with the different aspects of her psyche, and that she must fight to find an identity uniquely her own.

A Piece of the Night

Roberts, Michèle

Britain has the highest levels of mixed race relationships in the developed world. Nearly half of all Carribean children in this country have one white parent. In many areas there are more mixed race children in care than any other group. Issues of race lie at the heart of "New Britain" and in this title the author gives an analysis of mixed race issues, supplying a history before going on to analyze dilemmas such as guilt, and the absence of social policy. Her book aims to reflect the complex lives of this growing and increasingly visable population.

Mixed Feelings: The Complex Lives of Mixed-Race Britons

Politics & Social Sciences

Alibhai-Brown, Yasmin

Social Sciences

A fascinating and innovative look at the traditional interpretations of the components of the horoscope—the signs of the zodiac, the planets, and the elements—that reclaims a lost heritage of history and mythology.

The Knot of Time: Astrology and Female Experience

Religion & Spirituality

River, Lindsay

Gillespie, Sally

New Age & Spirituality

Locked in a psychiatric unit because her public singing brought her to the attention of the police, Gloria meets another British woman of Jamaican descent with whom she can share her past, giving them both hope for the future.

The Fat Lady Sings

Roy, Jacqueline

Edna Pontellier is a young woman living comfortably in the beautiful city of New Orleans. She is fond of her husband and proud of her sons but finds it impossible to accept that "for women it is a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals." She fights back in the only way she knows, and her solution is extreme. Infamous in its time, The Awakening is now recognized as a radical work of fiction -- sensuous, arresting, and clear-eyed in its commitment to freedom and independence.

The Awakening

CHOPIN, KATE

Classics

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