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Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom: creating physical and emotional health and healing
By: Christiane NorthrupAccording to the author, “Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom powerfully demonstrates that when women change the basic conditions of their lives that lead to health problems, they heal faster, more completely, and with far fewer medical interventions.” This book looks at the connection between physical and spiritual health and holistic ways to complement a doctor's care. This book contains information on such topics as menopause, nutrition, and techniques for improving fertility after age thirty-five.
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Eat Mangoes Naked: Finding Pleasure Everywhere and Dancing with the Pits!
By: SarkAn entertaining and inspirational compilation of stories, ideas, anecdotes, and advice encouraging readers to rediscover the magical qualities in everyday life and to embrace pleasure, spontaneity, and joy. The author writes that this book is meant to be a traveling pleasure companion and a guide to finding pleasure in all of the difficult places.
3. The Vagina Monologues
By: Eve Ensler
"Monologues" was originally a performance piece. The Vagina Monologues is comprised of roughly 15 thematically linked pieces. Many of the monologues launch directly into diary entries or unbroken lists of interviewees' responses to Ensler's questions like "If your vagina could talk, what would it say?" and "If your vagina got dressed, what would it wear?” The Vagina Monologues is both confessional and voyeuristic and Ensler treats such subjects as birth, rape, lesbianism and child abuse with both candor and respect.
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The Red Tent
By: Anita DiamantThis book offers an insider's look at a fictionalized version of the daily life of biblical women. The novel re-creates the life of Dinah, daughter of Leah and Jacob, from her birth and happy childhood in Mesopotamia through her years in Canaan and death in Egypt. The main character, Dinah, shares her unique perspective on the origins of many of our modern religious practices and sexual politics. Dinah imparts lessons on endurance and humanity she learned from her father's four wives. The title refers to the red tent which was the place where women gathered during their cycles of birthing, menses, and illness.
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Empowering Women
By: Louise L. Hay
Hay explains how to become a strong and powerful woman no matter what has happened in the past. She focuses on self-esteem and the importance of loving yourself. She teaches women how to live happy and healthy, and believes you don't need a man to make your life complete.
