BOOK PLOTS BY WOMEN WRITERS Celebrating Feminist … · Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende In Maya’s Notebook a young woman hides from her American enemies and addictions in a rural

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shewritesthewaypeopletalk.ThestoryisaboutIraniwomen,womenwhomakemeals,raisechildren,andneverstopwonderingaboutwhattheycouldhavebeen.IndiaTheGodofSmallThingsbyArundhatiRoyArundatiRoyrecreatesaworldwherepeopleareimprisonedintheirroleinasocietyindecay.Ayemenem,thetoxicwastelandinsouthernIndia,it’saworldwherecruelmenlackingintelligencedominateandexploitwomenandchildren.

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ofChile.ThisbookisaboutbeinganAmericanwomanandaboutbeingChilean—intheUnitedStates,shewasthevictimofayouth-obsessedculture.InChileshefindsaplacewithaterriblepast,butaplacethatishealing,andsoaplacetofindhope.SouthAfricaBeauty'sGiftbySindiweMagonaThisisthestoryaboutawomancalledBeauty.BeforeshediesofAIDS,sheasksherfriendstotakecareofthemselves,andtodosomething.Herhusbandwaspromiscuousandtheyhadunprotectedsex.Beauty'spleaisthatthewomenfindawaytoprotectthemselves.PuertoRicoSirenaSelenabyMayraSantos-FebresSirenaSelanawasayoungboyinSanJuan.AdragqueentransformsSirena,andSirenabecomesoneofthemostdesiredwomenintheCaribbean.Howeverbecausesheisplacedonapedestal,shewondersifshehasbecomeawomanorjustadoll.