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1	The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society more books like this by Mary Ann Shaffer add to wishlist In 1946, writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name. see all copies from $4.24! new only from $6.70! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Sarah's Key more books like this by Tatiana De Rosnay add to wishlist Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel' d'Hiv' roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the family's apartment, thinking that she will be back within a few hours. Paris, May 2002: On Vel' d'Hiv's 60th anniversary, journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to ... see all copies from $4.37! new only from $7.74! \| SVS
3	The Thirteenth Tale more books like this by Diane Setterfield add to wishlist Amateur biographer Margaret Lea receives a letter from reclusive author Vida Winter, summoning her to write Vida's life story. Up to this point, Vida has never given a true account of her life, toying with interviewers by inventing lutlandish life histories of herself. In her old age, she at last wants to tell the truth a bout her extraordinary ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society more books like this by Annie Fiery Barrows, Mary Ann Fiery Shaffer add to wishlist London, 1946: writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale of Guernsey during the German occupation, and about a society as extraordinary as its name. see all copies from $6.50! new only from $8.19! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Emma more books like this by Jane Austen add to wishlist First published in 1816, Jane Austen's EMMA is about an unconventional heroine--and one whom Austen thought no one but herself would like. Emma Woodhouse is bright, beautiful, and rich; she is also snobbish and judgmental, and she can be cruel, with a tendency to interfere in other people's lives. The novel chronicles Emma's attempts to make a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Out of Africa more books like this by Isak Dinesen add to wishlist OUT OF AFRICA is the classic account of the experiences of Karen Blixen (aka Isak Dinesen) in Kenya, where she managed a coffee plantation for 17 years, from 1914 to 1931, first with her difficult husband the Baron von Blixen and, after their divorce, by herself. One of the most popular books of the 20th century, it provides a vivid and lyrical ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Lost more books like this by Gregory Maguire add to wishlist Winifred Rudge, a bemused writer struggling to get beyond the runaway success of her mass-market astrology book, travels to London to jump-start her new novel about a woman who is being haunted by the ghost of Jack the Ripper. Upon her arrival, she finds that her step-cousin and old friend John Comestor has disappeared, and a ghostly presence ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Northanger Abbey more books like this by Jane Austen add to wishlist NORTHANGER ABBEY is about a naïve young woman whose head is full of the Gothic novels she consumes, and who begins to imagine that life may well be even stranger than fiction. Catherine Morland makes a touching, if somewhat charmingly brainless, heroine; Henry Tilney is a self-possessed and witty hero; and the plot device in which Catherine sees ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Life Sentences more books like this by Laura Lippman add to wishlist In this blazing stand-alone novel of twisting suspense, the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "What the Dead Know" raises difficult, illuminating questions about the nature of memory and truth. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Guest List more books like this by Fern Michaels add to wishlist When Abby and Mallory are little, their parents are murdered, and the sisters are separated. Abby, who is disfigured with a port wine stain on her face, grows up to be a good and loving person; Mallory is her opposite. Now they are reunited, and all they have in common is a need to know who killed their parents all those years ago. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.61! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Playing Easy to Get more books like this by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Kresley Cole, Jaid Black add to wishlist Three of today's hottest romance writers--Kresley Cole, Jaid Black, and Sherrilyn Kenyon--come together in one unforgettable anthology, bringing fans three tales featuring the hottest alpha males in print. see all copies from $5.96! new only from $6.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Room of Ones Own more books like this by Woolf add to wishlist Woolf's ardent plea for women's share in power, wealth, and fame is a seminal feminist text. This extended essay is an articulation of her belief that all a woman needs is an income that will sustain her, and her own room in which to work. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Journal of a solitude more books like this by May Sarton add to wishlist An early journal kept by the celebrated novelist and poet, author of "Halfway to Silence" and "The Magnificent Spinster". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.52! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	A Circle of Quiet more books like this by Madeleine L'Engle add to wishlist The author describes life at her family's old country farmhouse and shares her observations on nature, writing, and the human community. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Irish Girls about Town more books like this by Maeve Binchy add to wishlist New York Times" bestselling authors Binchy and Keyes top an impressive roster of the Emerald Isle's most popular women writers and prove that when it comes to spinning a good yarn, the Irish are the best in the business. Showcasing dazzling wit in short stories that run the gamut from provocative to poignant, these Irish women will tug at the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	New and Selected Poems: Volume One more books like this by Mary Oliver add to wishlist Here, as-yet-uncollected poems by the 1983 Pulitzer prize-winng poet open the collection, which proceeds backward through a 30-year selection of her verse. Incorporating both natural and domestic imagery, Oliver's even voice summons the spiritual into her own backyard. This volume was awarded the 1992 National Book Award. see all copies from $5.98! new only from $8.25! \| SVS
17 view cover	The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination more books like this by Professor Sandra M Gilbert add to wishlist This reissue of the groundbreaking study of female 19th-century writers contains a new introduction in which Gilbert and Guber address the origins of their own interest in feminist literary criticism. see all copies from $2.73! new only from $11.99! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Yellow Wallpaper more books like this by Charlotte Perkins Gilman add to wishlist A young woman writer and her husband move into an old colonial mansion, which she believes is haunted. She becomes unwell and struggles against the medical authorities, including her husband and brother, whose remedies for her depression--mainly bed rest and no writing--nearly drive her insane. In a journal, she recounts this period of enforced ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Highland Guardian more books like this by Melissa Mayhue add to wishlist Following her enchanting debut "Thirty Nights with a Highland Husband," Mayhue returns to her beloved Scottish Highlands for this tale of love between a romance novelist and a descendant of the Faeries. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
20 view cover	The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women, Volume 2: The Traditions in English more books like this by Professor Sandra M Gilbert (Editor), Professor Susan Gubar (Editor) add to wishlist Long the standard teaching anthology, the landmark Norton Anthology of Literature by Women has introduced generations of readers to the rich variety of women's writing in English. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $36.13! \| SVS
21 view cover	An Autobiography more books like this by Agatha Christie add to wishlist A new-look printing of Agatha Christie's 'most absorbing mystery' to mark the 25th anniversary of her death. Agatha Christie died on 12 January 1976, having become the best-selling novelist in history. Her autobiography, published in 1977 a year after her death, tells of her fascinating private life, from early childhood through two marriages and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.53! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Heart of a Woman more books like this by Dr. Maya Angelou add to wishlist HEART OF A WOMEN, the fourth volume of Maya Angelou's autobiography, describes the beginning of her writing career and the years when she first became politically active, relating encounters with the Harlem Writers Guild and Martin Luther King, Jr. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Zelda: A Biography more books like this by Nancy Milford add to wishlist Zelda Sayre began as a Southern beauty, became an international wonder, and died by fire in a madhouse. With her husband, F. Scott Fitzgerald, she moved in a golden aura of excitement, romance, and promise. The epitome of the Jazz Age, together they rode the crest of the era: to its collapse and their own. From years of exhaustive research, Nancy ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Cross Creek more books like this by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings add to wishlist Originally published in 1942, this delightful memoir offers a warm and wonderful evocation of the life of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author of The Yearling and other books. "The novelist's awareness has touched people and place and incident, and the result is beauty and laughter and poignancy and truth".--New York Times Book Review. Woodcut ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.29! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Two or Three Things I Know for Sure more books like this by Dorothy Allison add to wishlist This memoir by the author of BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA reveals the true story behind Allison's fiction. She explores the effects on her of her troubled childhood that included poverty, an abusive stepfather who raped her when she was 5, and a collection of relatives from whom she received both love and cruelty. Originally a performance piece, this ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.29! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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