New and Forthcoming Titles on Women, Girls and Empowerment – Publishers Weekly
Posted: February 1, 2021 at 6:48 pm
The following is a list of books focused on women and girls' empowerment and titles related to the achievements of, and equal rights for, women, young women and girls.
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ABRAMS IMAGE
Bookish Broads: Women Who Wrote Themselves into History
Lauren Marino, Feb.
Illuminates the lives of the greats as well as the literary talents history has wrongfully overlooked.
ALLEN & UNWIN
Jacinda Ardern
Michelle Duff, Apr.
Delves into the New Zealand Prime Minister's beginnings as a nose-ringed teen fighting for equality and her own identity in a devout Mormon family.
ANDREWS MCMEEL
Women Dont Owe You Pretty
Florence Given, Apr.
A vibrantly illustrated primer on modern feminism for the Instagram generation.
ANGRY ROBOT
The Second Bell
Gabriela Houston, Mar.
A reimagined popular folktale where a headstrong young striga finds herself in a life- threatening situation that tests the bonds between mother and child.
ATLANTIC
The Home Stretch: Why Its Time to Come Clean About Who Does the Dishes
Sally Howard, June
The author combines history and fieldwork with her own personal story.
ATRIA
As A Woman: What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned
Paula Stone Williams, June
The author pulls back the curtain on her transition journey and sheds light on the gendered landscape that impacts many in the LGBTQ+ community.
AVE MARIA
Expect More: Dare to Stand Up and Stand Out: A Guide for Women on Reaching Their Potential
Muffet McGraw, Feb.
The retired head coach of the Univ. of Notre Dame womens basketball team guides women to expect more in their careers and family lives.
BALLANTINE
Unfinished
Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Feb.
Urges a generation to gather their courage, embrace their ambition, and commit to the hard work of following their dreams.
The Soul of a Woman
Isabel Allende, Mar.
The bestselling author offers a passionate and inspiring meditation on what it means to be a woman.
The Bohemians
Jasmin Darznik, Apr.
A novel imagining the wild 1920s in San Francisco that awakened photographer Dorothea Langes career-defining grit, compassion, and daring.
BERKLEY
Black Girl, Call Home
Jasmine Mans, Mar.
A poetry collection inspired by the authors own life explores the intersection of race, feminism, and queer identity.
A Special Place for Women
Laura Hankin, May
A funny novel about a clandestine womens-only social club and the reporter who sets out to expose its secrets.
BERRETT-KOEHLER
The Body is Not an Apology
Sonya Renee Taylor, Feb.
From PWs review: Poet and activist Taylor (A Little Truth on Your Shirt) packs important ideas into this concise volume on body empowerment.
EMILY BESTLER
To the Greatest Heights: Facing Danger, Finding Humility, and Climbing a Mountain of Truth
Vanessa O'Brien, Mar.
A memoir by the record-breaking American-British explorer who became the first American woman and the first British woman to successfully summit K2, and was named Explorer of the Year in 2018 by the Scientific Exploration Society.
BLOOMSBURY
Girlhood
Melissa Febos, Mar.
A set of stories about the forces that shape girls and the adults they become.
The Mysteries
Marisa Silver, May
An intimate story of two young girls, joined in an unlikely friendship, whose lives are shattered in a single, unthinkable moment.
BLUE STAR
The Gift of Self-Love: A Workbook to Help You Build Confidence, Recognize Your Worth, and Learn to Finally Love Yourself
Mary Jelkovsky, Mar.
Build confidence, boost self-esteem, and overcome body image issues using this interactive self-help book for women.
CHARLESBRIDGE
The Next Smart Step: How to Overcome Gender Stereotypes and Build a Stronger Organization
Kelly Watson and Jodi Ecker Detjen, Feb.
A guide to understanding the challenge of gender imbalance, implementing solutions, and offering tools to ensure positive and enduring change.
CHICAGO REVIEW PRESS
Besharam: On Love and Other Bad Behaviors
Priya-Alika Elias, Apr.
Essays by a lawyer and a feminist writer that touch on themes of family, culture, body image, sex, and feminism.
The Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adams
Jonathan Ned Katz, May
Uncovers the forgotten story of radical lesbian feminist Eve Adams, and her long-lost book Lesbian Love.
Open Skies: My Life As Afghanistan's First Female Pilot
Niloofar Rahmani, July
The true story of the authors determination to become Afghanistan's first female air force fighter pilot.
We Are the Baby-Sitters Club: Essays and Artwork from Grown-Up Readers
Edited by Marisa Crawford and Megan Milks, July
A nostalgia-packed, star-studded anthology exploring the lasting impact of the Baby-Sitters Club series.
CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL
Chicken Soup For the Soul: Be You
Amy Newmark, Apr.
Contributors from all ethnicities and the LGBTQ community celebrate their strength and individuality.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Im Speaking Now: Black Women Share Their Truth In 101 Stories of Love, Courage and Hope
Amy Newmark and Breena Clarke, June
Black women share their dreams, triumphs and failures, and their lives, which have unique challenges and hardships that are not well understood by others.
CHRONICLE
She Holds A Cosmos: Poems On Motherhood
Edited by Mallory Farrugia, illus. by Karolin Schnoor, Mar.
Thirty poems exploring motherhood in all its dimensionsfrom pregnancy and birth to the joys, struggles, and hilarious moments that come with raising children.
Why She Wrote: A Graphic History of the Lives, Inspirations, and Influences Behind the Pens of Classic Women Writers
Hannah K. Chapman and Luaren Burke, illus. by Kaley Bales, April
Unexpected and inspiring stories behind eighteen women writers from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries.
CHRONICLE PRISM
Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions For Success at Work
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