Comments on: Book Giveaway: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

By: sheistoofondofbooks

sheistoofondofbooks — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:32:46 +0000

Update 11/15/09: Random.org selected the one lucky winner, who is:

#12 – Lahni – Have you considered Twilight? Ha ha, just kidding.
A really good one is The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill (it’s called something else in the US though – can’t remember what). The protagonist is a woman who when she was about 11 was taken from her village in Africa and sold into slavery. I loved the book and it’s about a strong woman. I think it would definitely fit the challenge. [note from Dawn: This is published as Someone Knows My Name in the US]

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By: peach

peach — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:02:25 +0000

How about ‘The Sexual Politics of Meat’? I’ve actually never read that one myself, but I’ve always kind of wanted to. I’ve been hearing about it for years and years but I’ve been so consumed with other reading that I haven’t yet had the chance.

http://www.amazon.com/Sexual-Politics-Meat-Feminist-Vegetarian-Critical/dp/0826411843

By: Rebecca Reid

Rebecca Reid — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:06:59 +0000

I’d suggest Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a novella about an all-female society that male explorers happen upon.

Or Gilman’s short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” about a mad woman in an attic.

Thanks for the giveaway! I’d love this book.

By: Christy

Christy — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:26:05 +0000

I recommend The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. I just read it recently and it blew me away.

By: karen k

karen k — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:20:19 +0000

what about ‘girl interrupted’ by susanna kaysen.

By: Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit)

Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:03:17 +0000

No need to enter me because I own this book. But I will pop it in my sidebar for you.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:18:22 +0000

I have a couple of suggestions, I hope that won’t take me out of the running:

A Return to Modesty: Discovering The Lost Virtue by Wendy Shalit
Female Chauvenist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture by Ariel Levy
Faces of Poverty: Portraits of Women and Children on Welfare by Jill Duerr Berrick
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against Women bu Susan Faludi

By: zibilee

zibilee — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:44:03 +0000

I ‘m not sure about all my reads for this challenge, but I second the recommendation for Alias Grace. It one of the ones I know I’ll be reading, and it would be cool to see what others think of it. I’d love to be entered in this giveaway. I haven’t yet read the book, but I have heard amazing things about it. Thanks for hosting the giveaway for such a beautiful edition!

zibilee(at)figearo(dot)net

By: Paula

Paula — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:33:51 +0000

There’s always “Orlando” by Virginia Woolf.

By: Suzanne L.

Suzanne L. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:21:53 +0000

I have been meaning to read The Bell Jar for some time! What a great recommendation for the Women Unbound Challenge! I just signed up to participate in it! My first read & recommendation, and something that may be a little out of the box for you but I enjoyed it so much, is Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. It’s about the challenges growing up in Iran thru the eyes of a young girl.

Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
Suzanne

quzyATmacDOTcom

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