Resisters
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Topical and timely, Resisters profiles 52 incredible girls and young women across the world who are united in improving the lives of people like them - beautifully illustrated by Manjit Thapp
Lauren Sharkey Books
Lauren Sharkey is a journalist who specializes in women's issues and occasional fashion criticism. She is a regular contributor to Bustle UK and has been published by the likes of BBC Future, The Daily Beast, and The Cut. Her first book, Resisters: 52 Young Women Making Herstory Right Now, was published in February 2019.
Inconvenient Daughter
- 232 pages
- 9 hours of reading
"Rowan Kelly knows she's lucky. After all, if she hadn't been adopted, she could have spent her days in a rice paddy, or a windowless warehouse assembling iPhones - they make iPhones in Korea, right? Either way, slowly dying of boredom on Long Island is surely better than the alternative. But as she matures, she realizes that she'll never know if she has her mother's eyes, or if she'd be in America at all had her adoptive parents been able to conceive. Rowan sets out to prove that she can be someone's first choice. After running away from home - and her parents' rules - and ending up beaten, barefoot, and topless on a Pennsylvania street courtesy of Bad Boy Number One, Rowan attaches herself to Never-Going-to-Commit. When that doesn't work out, she fully abandons self-respect and begins browsing Craigslist personals. But as Rowan dives deeper into the world of casual encounters with strangers, she discovers what she's really looking for."--Provided by publisher