Lisa Taddeo
1) Three women
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"Desire as we've never seen it before: a riveting true story about the sex lives of three real American women, based on nearly a decade of reporting. It thrills us and torments us. It controls our thoughts, destroys our lives, and it's all we live for. Yet we almost never speak of it. And as a buried force in our lives, desire remains largely unexplored--until now. Over the past eight years, journalist Lisa Taddeo has driven across the country six...
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"Joan has spent a lifetime enduring the cruelties of men. But when one of them commits a shocking act of violence in front of her, she flees New York City in search of Alice, the only person alive who can help her make sense of her past. In the sweltering hills above Los Angeles, Joan unravels the horrific event she witnessed as a child--that has haunted her every waking moment--while forging the power to finally strike back. Animal is a depiction...
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Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Behind anonymous screens, an army of cool and beautiful girls manage the dating service Ghost Lover, a forwarding system for text messages that promises to spare you the anguish of trying to stay composed while communicating with your crush. At a star-studded political fundraiser in a Los Angeles mansion, a trio of women compete to win the heart of the slick guest of honor. In a tense hospital waiting room, an inseparable pair of hard-partying friends...
4) Animal
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Principal de los Libros
Pub. Date
2021
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Español
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Joan ha pasado toda su vida soportando la crueldad de los hombres. Cuando uno de sus amantes se pega un tiro delante de ella tras descubrirla cenando con otro hombre, huye de Nueva York en busca de Alice, la única persona que puede ayudarla. En las colinas de Los Angeles, Joan recorrerá sus recuerdos en busca del terrible momento que marco su infancia y que la ha perseguido desde entonces. Animal es una exploración visceral de la crueldad del mundo...
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The Feminist Press at CUNY
Pub. Date
2021
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English
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In the spring of 2020, a rapidly spreading global pandemic changed the contemporary world. For industrialized countries like the United States and the United Kingdom, which had long enjoyed the illusion that they were capable of handling large-scale crises, COVID-19 exposed dangerous fault lines. It brought to the fore institutional failures concerning public health, unemployment, and government stability, and exacerbated conditions for vulnerable
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