Stars: ***** Summary: Unnerved by hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms, Sand sought relief in everything from acupuncture to Zen Buddhism. She consulted gynecologists and an Ayurvedic doctor, tried homeopathy, massages, herbs, pills, talked with midwives, estrogen zealots and hormonal agnostics. This breezy, digressive, would-be humorous account of one woman’s journey through menopause covers both… Read More »
Woman: An Intimate Geography by Natalie Angier
June 1, 2007 by ·
Stars: ***** This is by far the BEST book on women I’ve ever read. It has lots of technical stuff so it took a while to read but it wasn’t boring at all. I learned LOTS and I want to get a copy of the book myself to go back to. It even makes me… Read More »
What No One Tells the Bride by Marg Stark
June 17, 2006 by ·
Stars:*** This is the first book I have read for brides-to-be or even about weddings (with the exception about homosexual ones) but it was a good first read. The only problem with it is that there are those of us like me who are engaged but are not only living together, but own the house… Read More »
Living Islam Out Loud: American Muslim Women Speak by Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur
March 15, 2006 by ·
Stars: ***** I am not Muslim but I enjoy learning about religions different from my own. I thought I already knew a lot about Islam but this book taught me some new things. It is a book written by various influential muslim women telling their stories. The stories are separated into sections based on what… Read More »
Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia by Jean Sasson
May 6, 2004 by ·
Stars: ***** What a hard story to read! Princess Sultana’s life is nothing like a the life of the Princesses of Britain. I knew that women in Saudi Arabia were completely veiled and that they were considered possesions of men there but I did not know to what extreme life is like there! The scariest… Read More »
