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Schon als Kind bekommt Yehudis Fletcher stets den gleichen Satz zu hören: »Yehudis, was hast du wieder angestellt?«. In ihrer streng orthodoxen jüdischen Gemeinde fühlt sie sich oft als Außenseiterin: Sie stellt mehr Fragen, sie widersetzt sich öfter und sie wird häufiger getadelt als die anderen. Als sie sexuelle Gewalt durch einen Rabbi erfährt, wird der Täter gedeckt – und sie kritisch beäugt.

The Second Half explores how the second half of life is experienced by women from many different cultures. From a French actress to a British novelist, from an Algerian nomad to a Saudi Arabian doctor, and an American politician, Ellen Warner traveled all over the world to interview women about their lives. She asked them what they learned in the first half that was helpful in the second, and what advice they would give to younger women. Their revealing and inspiring stories are enlightening for all listeners.

Get inspired by the women who discovered that working with your best friend can be the secret to professional success—and maybe even the future of business—from the co-founders of the website Of a Kind. “Read this, then plot your own work-wife-driven empire.”—Glamour When Erica Cerulo...

La storia che ha commosso gli Stati Uniti. La storia vera di Maude, sposa a quattordici anni. "Era il 1906, avevo appena quattordici anni, ed era il giorno del mio matrimonio. Mia sorella maggiore, Helen, venne in camera mia, mi prese per mano e mi fece sedere sul letto. Aprì la bocca per dire qualcosa, poi arrossì e si voltò a guardare fuori dalla finestra. Dopo qualche istante, mi strinse la mano e tornò a guardarmi negli occhi.

Da una routine che la costringe ad alzarsi alle cinque di mattina per affrontare la lunga sessione di trucco necessaria a celare il nevo di Ota, la macchia scura che le copre parte del viso. Uscire allo scoperto, mostrare il proprio viso al naturale affrontando la paura dello sguardo degli altri è una decisione difficile, ma lo è ancora di più perché riporta alla superficie della mente di Carlotta la memoria di un altro trauma, che ha segnato la sua adolescenza.

Step into the life of Tiffany, a tough and tenacious woman who has faced the darkest corners of her past and emerged out of it with a voice powerful enough to inspire others. In "The Truth Within The Mirror," Fiona unveils a motivating narrative of survival, healing, and the relentless pursuit of self-discovery.

In Nest. Flight. Sky: On Love and Loss, One Wing at a Time, award-winning memoirist Beth Kephart returns to the form for the first time in years to reckon with the loss of her mother and a slow-growing but soon inescapable obsession with birds and flight. Kephart finds herself drawn to the startle of the winter finch, the quick pulse of hummingbirds, and the hungry circling of hawks. She discovers birds in the stories she tells and the novels she writes.