How much would you pay for a time-travel app that gave you the power to be in two places at once? Or, rather, what would it end up costing you? This tale from first-time novelist Wicoff has a single mom using the magical tool to navigate her busy career, home and love life with aplomb. KAMY WICOFF, '94 She Writes Press, $16.95. ROBERT POGUE HARRISON, professor of Italian, in Juvenescence: A Cultural History of Our Age University of Chicago Press, $25. "Whether happy or unhappy, healthy or unhealthy, blessed or besieged, childhood remains every adult's psychic center of gravity, so tenacious. The reading is nerve-racking but well worth the trip. The result is an impressive exploration of the souls of mountaineers-men and women, on glaciers or vertical ice, in crux moments of an expedition and in the quiet moments afterwards. In his third book, climber and adventurer Arnold departs from nonfiction storytelling to debut his first short story collection.
Apprentice investigator Juniper Song finds herself pulled deep into the case of a movie star's murder in a world built on appearances and fueled by media gossip-and where layers of glamour hide years of lies.ĭANIEL ARNOLD, '01 Counterpoint, $15.95. REBECCA FOUST, JD '82, in Paradise Drive Press 53, $14.95.Ĭha's second novel is a fast-paced, suspense-laced mystery that casts a harsh light on Hollywood's bad side. Tonight-all four-as words blur into stars. Is troubled by visions, or numbed by scars. Trimmed into chops the size of her thumbs.Ī martyr sometimes gets hungry and scared, No one knows I'm here, Pilgrim's first thought At last, alone,įrom the book shoved into her purse en route. Here she sits again, the door dead-boltedĪgainst the bright party. Hard numbers show that those who believe there's not a "woman problem" in this country just don't have the facts. Rhode examines not just how women are treated in the workplace, in their relationships and under the law, but how they feel about it and what public policy can do to realize their expectations for equality. Her latest offering is a tour de force, assembling vast research on each of the major battlefronts of feminism in America today, from equal pay and work-life balance to abortion rights and domestic violence. Rhode Oxford University Press, $29.95.Ī longtime Law School professor, Rhode has published more than 20 books on topics ranging from leadership and legal ethics to women's rights. What Women Want: An Agenda for the Women's Movementĭeborah L.
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