women-s-fiction

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2acec2b	Does rough weather choose men over women? Does the sun beat on men, leaving women nice and cool?' Nyawira asked rather sharply. 'Women bear the brunt of poverty. What choices does a woman have in life, especially in times of misery? She can marry or live with a man. She can bear children and bring them up, and be abused by her man. Have you read Buchi Emecheta of Nigeria, Joys of Motherhood? Tsitsi Dangarembga of Zimbabwe, say, Nervous Conditions? Miriama Ba of Senegal, So Long A Letter? Three women from different parts of Africa, giving words to similar thoughts about the condition of women in Africa.' 'I am not much of a reader of fiction,' Kamiti said. 'Especially novels by African women. In India such books are hard to find.' 'Surely even in India there are women writers? Indian women writers?' Nyawira pressed. 'Arundhati Roy, for instance, The God of Small Things? Meena Alexander, Fault Lines? Susie Tharu. Read Women Writing in India. Or her other book, We Were Making History, about women in the struggle!' 'I have sampled the epics of Indian literature,' Kamiti said, trying to redeem himself. 'Mahabharata, Ramayana, and mostly Bhagavad Gita. There are a few others, what they call Purana, Rig-Veda, Upanishads ... Not that I read everything, but ...' 'I am sure that those epics and Puranas, even the Gita, were all written by men,' Nyawira said. 'The same men who invented the caste system. When will you learn to listen to the voices of women?	arundhati-roy buchi-emecheta feminism gender-equality indian-literature meena-alexander miriama-ba novels poverty suffering susie-tharu tsitsi-dangarembga women women-s-fiction women-writers	Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
7f74547	Every woman feels. It just takes the right man to make things combust.	lover lovers men men-and-women relationship relationships romance sex women women-s-fiction women-writers	Barbara Delinsky
2ea5eba	When the truth emerges, it can't be ignored. Nor will it wait.	honesty-quotes telling-the-truth truth women women-s-fiction women-writers	Barbara Delinsky
ae506b1	Being friends is different from being lovers. It's a sea change.	friendship love love-story lovequotes lovers relationships romance women women-s-fiction women-writers	Barbara Delinsky
5cb726f	Confrontation is what happens when you are less than honest and you get caught.	honesty honesty-quotes relationship-problems truth truth-telling women women-s-fiction women-writers	Barbara Delinsky
6acd669	Ebb and flow, ebb and flow, our lives. Is that why we're fascinated by the steadfastness of stars? The water reaches my calves. I begin the story of the Pleiades, women transformed into birds so Swift and bright that no man could snare them.	divakaruni fiction immigrant-experience indian-american indian-authors mothers-and-daughters novel women-s-fiction	Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
fedd5e1	Sarah, I'm going to take care of you whether you like it or not.	romance romantic women-s-fiction	Robyn Carr
34ba20b	But inside loss there can be gain, too,like the small silver spider Bela had discovered one dewy morning, curled asleep at the center of a rose.	child-narrator divakaruni fiction immigrant-fiction india indian-american mothers-and-daughters novel women-s-fiction	Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
b1f0145	Some women are born with an instinct for knowing how things work--and what to do when they break.	women women-s-fiction women-s-strength women-writers	Barbara Delinsky
acf02dc	"Would you like to come in?" I said. My hands were sweaty. Inside my chest an ocean heaved and crashed and heaved again. "I would," he said. I saw his Adam's apple jerk as he swallowed. "Thank you." I was distracted by that thank you. We had moved past the language of formality long ago. It was strange to relearn it with each other."	divakaruni fiction immigrant-experience immigrant-fiction indian indian-authors love-mothers-and-daughters mothers-and-daughters novel women-s-fiction	Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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Does rough weather choose men over women? Does the sun beat on men, leaving women nice and cool?' Nyawira asked rather sharply. 'Women bear the brunt of poverty. What choices does a woman have in life, especially in times of misery? She can marry or live with a man. She can bear children and bring them up, and be abused by her man. Have you read Buchi Emecheta of Nigeria, Joys of Motherhood? Tsitsi Dangarembga of Zimbabwe, say, Nervous Conditions? Miriama Ba of Senegal, So Long A Letter? Three women from different parts of Africa, giving words to similar thoughts about the condition of women in Africa.' 'I am not much of a reader of fiction,' Kamiti said. 'Especially novels by African women. In India such books are hard to find.' 'Surely even in India there are women writers? Indian women writers?' Nyawira pressed. 'Arundhati Roy, for instance, The God of Small Things? Meena Alexander, Fault Lines? Susie Tharu. Read Women Writing in India. Or her other book, We Were Making History, about women in the struggle!' 'I have sampled the epics of Indian literature,' Kamiti said, trying to redeem himself. 'Mahabharata, Ramayana, and mostly Bhagavad Gita. There are a few others, what they call Purana, Rig-Veda, Upanishads ... Not that I read everything, but ...' 'I am sure that those epics and Puranas, even the Gita, were all written by men,' Nyawira said. 'The same men who invented the caste system. When will you learn to listen to the voices of women?

arundhati-roy buchi-emecheta feminism gender-equality indian-literature meena-alexander miriama-ba novels poverty suffering susie-tharu tsitsi-dangarembga women women-s-fiction women-writers

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

7f74547

Every woman feels. It just takes the right man to make things combust.

lover lovers men men-and-women relationship relationships romance sex women women-s-fiction women-writers

Barbara Delinsky

2ea5eba

When the truth emerges, it can't be ignored. Nor will it wait.

honesty-quotes telling-the-truth truth women women-s-fiction women-writers

Barbara Delinsky

ae506b1

Being friends is different from being lovers. It's a sea change.

friendship love love-story lovequotes lovers relationships romance women women-s-fiction women-writers

Barbara Delinsky

5cb726f

Confrontation is what happens when you are less than honest and you get caught.

honesty honesty-quotes relationship-problems truth truth-telling women women-s-fiction women-writers

Barbara Delinsky

6acd669

Ebb and flow, ebb and flow, our lives. Is that why we're fascinated by the steadfastness of stars? The water reaches my calves. I begin the story of the Pleiades, women transformed into birds so Swift and bright that no man could snare them.

divakaruni fiction immigrant-experience indian-american indian-authors mothers-and-daughters novel women-s-fiction

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

fedd5e1

Sarah, I'm going to take care of you whether you like it or not.

romance romantic women-s-fiction

Robyn Carr

34ba20b

But inside loss there can be gain, too,like the small silver spider Bela had discovered one dewy morning, curled asleep at the center of a rose.

child-narrator divakaruni fiction immigrant-fiction india indian-american mothers-and-daughters novel women-s-fiction

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

b1f0145

Some women are born with an instinct for knowing how things work--and what to do when they break.

women women-s-fiction women-s-strength women-writers

Barbara Delinsky

acf02dc

"Would you like to come in?" I said. My hands were sweaty. Inside my chest an ocean heaved and crashed and heaved again. "I would," he said. I saw his Adam's apple jerk as he swallowed. "Thank you." I was distracted by that thank you. We had moved past the language of formality long ago. It was strange to relearn it with each other."

divakaruni fiction immigrant-experience immigrant-fiction indian indian-authors love-mothers-and-daughters mothers-and-daughters novel women-s-fiction

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni