Download or read book Suburgatory written by Linda Keenan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suburgatory lampoons the absurdities and contradictions that Linda Keenan has witnessed since leaving New York City, where she was a thoroughly urban CNN news producer for seven years, and settling down as a hapless stay-at-home suburban mother. The original proposal for this book was picked up by Warner Brothers, and you can see their imagining of Suburgatory on the ABC show of the same title. Keenan was forced by the man in her life to leave her beloved New York City for a supposed suburban utopia. Instead she found herself trapped in a place where conformity is king, and where she often felt like she had been taken hostage by an adult Girl Scout troop. So Keenan decided to train her twisted reporter's eye on the strange inhabitants of this new foreign land. Thought of as a local town newspaper or website, Suburgatory excoriates—through satirical local “news stories”—the mostly upper middle class American pieties and parenting obsessions, targeting the all-around bad behavior raging underneath the surface of those obsessively tended suburban lawns and bikini lines.

Download or read book Sincerely Your Gynecologist written by Ngozi Osuagwu, MD, FACOG and published by Ben Bosah Books. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With her trademark wit and straightforward communication, Dr. Osuagwu continues doling out medical advice using the letter form and addressing women's health conditions and issues in a method that was praised for its innovative approach in her earlier award-winning book, Letters to My Sisters: Plain Truths and Straightforward Advice from a Gynecologist. In this book, each letter is paired with reference sources and statistics about the condition that is the subject of the letter.

Download or read book Fertility Pregnancy and Childbirth A Gynecologist Answers Your Most Important Questions written by Lissa Rankin, MD and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published as part of WHAT'S UP DOWN THERE? Suppose you had a wise, warm, funny best friend—who just happened to be a gynecologist. You're out with the girls for cocktails and the conversation turns to sex, and then to girly parts. One by one, you start asking her all the questions you've secretly wondered about—and discover that you have a lot in common. If you were to write those questions down, then you'd have FERTILITY, PREGNANCY, AND CHILDBIRTH: A GYNOCOLOGIST ANSWERS YOUR MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, a life-changing little ebook that answers: - How late is too late to get pregnant? - Are there sex acts we should acoid if we're trying to make a baby? Oral sex? Vibrators? Lubricant? Whipped cream? - Is it true that sex can stimulate labor? Is so, will having sex make me deliver early? - Since I got pregnant, I'm as horny as a teenage boy. What's the deal? - Is natural childbirth really worth it? I mean, I'm sure it hurts like the dickens, so why would you do it? Is it really that much better for you and your baby? And so much more! As outrageously funny as it is empowering, this book reveals how to love yourself and your body—and will have you recommending it to every woman you know.

Download or read book The Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy written by Vicki Iovine and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-01-09 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The practical, comforting, honest, and hilarious bestseller for moms-to-be, with more than one and a half million copies in print! Your doctor gives you medical advice. Your mother buys you baby clothes. But who can give you the real skinny when you’re pregnant? Your girlfriends, of course—at least, the ones who’ve been through the exhilaration and exhaustion, the agony and ecstasy of pregnancy. Four-time delivery room veteran Vicki Iovine talks to you the way only a best friend can—in the book that will go the whole nine months for every mother-to-be. In this revised and updated edition, get the lowdown on all those little things that are too strange or embarrassing to ask, practical tips, and hilarious takes on everything pregnant. What really happens to your body—from morning sickness and gas to eating everything in sight—and what it’s like to go from being a babe to having one. The Many Moods of Pregnancy—why you’re so irritable/distracted/tired/lightheaded (or at least more than usual). Staying Stylish—You may be pregnant, but you can still be the fashionista you’ve always been (or at least you don’t have to look like a walking beachball)—wearing the hippest designers and proudly showing off your bump. Pregnancy is Down To a Science—from in vitro fertilization to scheduled c-sections, there are so many options, alternatives, and scientific tests to take that being pregnant can be downright confusing! And much more! For a reassuring voice or just a few good belly laughs, turn to this straight-talking guide on what to really expect when you’re expecting.

Download or read book My Trust Fund Husband written by Luciana Contin and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-04-27 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laura, a female version of Fieldings Tom Jones did what she had to do with feisty, unquenchable determination to attain her happy ending. Be warned! It is not a tale of virtue rewarded! Its rather an honest faithfully detailed, picturesque odyssey of a long walk on the wild side. Thats what fascinated me. This is how a woman walked her road following her instincts and wits! There are women who live their lives outside the lines who seem to be the stuff of mens fantasies. If you have wondered what their motivations are and whats in their hearts, Lauras most intimate revelations will enable you to walk miles in her shoes. That gorgeous woman vivaciously tossing her hair over a luscious meal in an outrageously expensive restaurant, her slightly mismatched date devouring her with his eyes in anticipation: Whats up there? Find out for yourself! The fast pace of the story and the quotes from familiar classics like Jane Ayre and the Doll House that precede each chapter hinting whats next work well! There are lots of travel stories and people anecdotes, and the sense of a vivid acquaintance with a lively Italian family over decades. And theres a great how it ended closure chapter about the men in her past. If you can suspend yourself from judging Enough to appreciate this tales frankness there are many insights to be had here. It seems to me this book could get some good discussions going, especially between men and women or across generations!

Download or read book Freelesb written by Udo Meeßen and published by tredition. This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do you want, dear reader? A thriller, a science fiction epic, or rather a fantasy novel? Or perhaps a dystopian, dark story with a post-apocalyptic background? Then you are holding the right book in your hands right now, because it starts with a murder, describes science fiction paired with plenty of fantasy and takes you into a dark future. The only reason for you not to read this book might be if you can't handle the description of lesbian activities. -*- It begins quite 'innocently' with a brutal murder in the lesbian porn scene, which detective inspector Anja Hirrwanger, who has been transferred from Munich to Inzell, is tasked with solving. In the course of her investigation, the murder case increasingly fades into the background and the shadows of her past as an elite soldier increasingly reach out to her, as she encounters a soulful Class V android who knows more about herself than she does. Anja and the android Bernadette uncover more and more pieces of a vicious game in which she and her two unknown sisters were merely genetically engineered, highly efficient, deadly chess pieces. In the end, it is up to Anja's young assistant, budding detective Chantall Küppers, to solve the murder case, because Anja must die if she is to survive. Thus begins for a handful of women, who defy the natural course of events, a bizarre journey through time, away from the dying earth in search of a new home in which there may be no men.

Download or read book Pain and Prejudice written by Gabrielle Jackson and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] powerful account of the sexism cooked into medical care ... will motivate readers to advocate for themselves.”—Publishers Weekly STARRED Review A groundbreaking and feminist work of investigative reporting: Explains why women experience healthcare differently than men Shares the author’s journey of fighting for an endometriosis diagnosis In Pain and Prejudice, acclaimed investigative reporter Gabrielle Jackson takes readers behind the scenes of doctor’s offices, pharmaceutical companies, and research labs to show that—at nearly every level of healthcare—men’s health claims are treated as default, whereas women’s are often viewed as a-typical, exaggerated, and even completely fabricated. The impacts of this bias? Women are losing time, money, and their lives trying to navigate a healthcare system designed for men. Almost all medical research today is performed on men or male mice, making most treatments tailored to male bodies only. Even conditions that are overwhelmingly more common in women, such as chronic pain, are researched on mostly male bodies. Doctors and researchers who do specialize in women’s healthcare are penalized financially, as procedures performed on men pay higher. Meanwhile, women are reporting feeling ignored and dismissed at their doctor’s offices on a regular basis. Jackson interweaves these and more stunning revelations in the book with her own story of suffering from endometriosis, a condition that affects up to 20% of American women but is poorly understood and frequently misdiagnosed. She also includes an up-to-the-minute epilogue on the ways that Covid-19 are impacting women in different and sometimes more long-lasting ways than men. A rich combination of journalism and personal narrative, Pain and Prejudice reveals a dangerously flawed system and offers solutions for a safer, more equitable future.

Download or read book Together at Last written by Jatwan Walston and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-04-20 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lisa Johnson is a well-established defense lawyer. In ninety days, she will be evaluated for junior partner. She is the middle daughter out of three and is always expected to do the responsible thing in her mothers eyes. She has a ten-year-old son, Dante, who is the center of her universe. Lisa hasnt dated seriously in seven years. The last guy she dated broke her heart by dropping out of her life without any explanation. To put the icing on the cake, her sons father, Anthony, is still secretly in love with her. LeShaun Jackson is a brilliant neurosurgeon and stuck in a messy divorce. His soon to be ex-wife, Kiesha, is money hungry and conniving and finds it impossible to be monogamous and take care of Brittani, their six-year-old daughter. LeShaun has been nothing but faithful to his wife and pays all her expenses. He feels he deserves custody of Brittani. Life seems hopeless until he made a very important phone call. Lisa accepts the call from LeShaun, and they catch up on each others lives. Her heart sinks when she finds out LeShaun is married, yet she agrees to meet up with him after all these years. Sparks fly even though the variables in their lives are so twisted. Can their hot attraction stand LeShauns crazy ex or Lisas jealous ex? Will they ever be able to be together at last?

Download or read book What s Up Down There written by Lissa Rankin and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this funny, outrageous and empowering book, Dr. Lissa Rankin answers all the secret gynecological questions that most women wonder about, but have always been afraid to ask. Suppose you had a wise, warm, funny best friend-who just happened to be a gynecologist. You're out with the girls for cocktails and the conversation turns to sex, and then to girly parts. One by one, you start asking her all the questions you've secretly wondered about-and discover that you have a lot in common. If you were to write those questions down, then you'd have What's Up Down There?, a life-changing little book that answers: - Do old ladies have saggy vaginas? - How do male gynecologists have a sex life without feeling like they're stuck at the office? - Is it normal for your inner labia to hang out of your outer labia? - Can the baby feel its mom having sex during pregnancy? - How common is it for one's boobs to be two totally different sizes? And so much more! As outrageously funny as it is empowering, this book reveals how to love yourself and your body-and will have you recommending it to every woman you know. From off-the wall sex questions to serious topics of women's sexual health, What's Up Down There? provides answers to women of all ages and stages.

Download or read book Sheltered From Above A Voice From Heaven Reveals The Truth written by Victoria Rose Valitutto and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When life seems difficult and nothing seems to be working, how many of us get discouraged? How many of us ask that big question, "Why is this happening to me?" Unfortunately, none of us are exempt from the trials and tribulations we face during our lifetime. Although, at times we feel God is far away, be assured, He isn't! In Sheltered from Above, author Victoria Rose Valitutto unfolds the true story of a young girl's computer instant message that evolves into a whirlwind romance but later, turns tragic when she is told she is pregnant. Feel her pain as she withstands devastating torture while struggling to save her unborn child. After a disastrous turn of events, the tables turn, and the life she now fights to save is her own. Hear the incredible story of a mom's perseverance to find out the truth when she learns that her daughter's life is coming to an end. As she calls out to God for an answer, her journey becomes one that no mother should ever have to endure. Time is of the essence, and only a voice from heaven can save her daughter now. Will Mom hear from heaven in time? This compelling story is a page-turner that will leave you at the edge of your seat when you read how this child is Sheltered from Above. Purchase the book from Books-A-Million Bookstores, or choose from any of the retailers below.

Download or read book Kimberly S Hmmmings written by Kimberly McGary and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Kimberly as she journeys through the difficulties of breast cancer. Be strengthened as she shares the encouragement God gives each day. Kimberly graduated from the University of Missouri, St. Louis with a B.A. degree in Communications and holds a Certificate in Writing. She finds joy in sharing Gods faithfulness in the counseling ministry of her church. She and Ellie May, her beloved, rescued Rottweiler became a certified touch therapy team and made visits to nursing homes and hospitals. The most unique individual Christian woman I have ever met is Kimberly McGary. Despite adversity which would destroy the average person, she thrives on difficulties, disappointments and illness as a manifestation that her Heavenly Father is preparing her to serve Him. After giving an update of her physical and mental condition, Kimberly shares with a joyful, positive spirit the Scripture promises that encouraged and sustained her. Dr. Curtis T. Porter, Transitional Pastor and Marriage and Family Counselor Kimberly McGary has beautifully and honestly recorded her thoughts as she has experienced the pain, suffering, and questions that come from battling cancer. Her deep faith in God is an inspiration and encouragement to all who know her, and it will inspire all who read her story of trusting God. Dr. Charles McLain, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church of Festus-Crystal City

Download or read book The Temporary Roomie written by Sarah Adams and published by Dell. This book was released on 2024-11-05 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Practice Makes Perfect comes an expanded edition of The Temporary Roomie—a witty and relatable romantic comedy about finding joy in the unexpected, with a never-before-seen chapter. No one said fair trade needed to be “fair.” As the owner of Honeysuckle Salon, Jessie Barnes usually has everything managed and on track, but now in her third trimester of an unexpected pregnancy, she feels a bit lost and increasingly desperate after faulty plumbing floods her apartment. Unfortunately, her knight in shining armor is actually Dr. Drew Marshall, her best friend’s brother, and he’s also the man she chewed out not too long ago for being a chauvinistic dirtbag. Every moment Drew’s had to prove her wrong since then has failed, so Jessie’s opinion of him hasn’t improved. That remains the case when he agrees to let her stay with him during renovations, under one condition: She pretends to be his girlfriend for upcoming work festivities. For the sake of her brother, Jessie is willing to make the tough situation work, and giving Drew a taste of his own medicine sounds . . . intriguing. But when their rivalry sparks a deeper connection, Jessie’s future becomes even more unclear—and with a baby on the way, she’ll have to make a decision soon.

Download or read book Miserere Nobis written by Claude Pierre-Jerome and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-05-25 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The content of this book is about human trafficking, immigration, survival and romance. This book could be easily entitled The good foreigners. But no, it would be too simple, too trivial he says instead he chooses to name it Miserere Nobis, the Latin translation for Have Mercy On Us. The title says it all. With this book, the author pays tribute to all who have the privilege to learn what it takes to be a good foreigner. It is so nice to know that we are all foreigners on earth. Smile and enjoy the book!

Download or read book Looking Queer written by Dawn Atkins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking Queer: Body Image in Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender Communities contains research, firsthand accounts, poetry, theory, and journalistic essays that address and outline the special needs of sexual minorities when dealing with eating disorders and appearance obsession. Looking Queer will give members of these communities hope, insight, and information into body image issues, helping you to accept and to love your body. In addition, scholars, health care professionals, and body image activists will not only learn about queer experiences and identity and how they affect individuals, but will also understand how some of the issues involved affect society as a whole. Dismantling the myth that body image issues affect only heterosexual women, Looking Queer explores body issues based on gender, race, class, age, and disability. Furthermore, this groundbreaking book attests to the struggles, pain, and triumph of queer people in an open and comprehensive manner. More than 60 contributors provide their knowledge and personal experiences in dealing with body image issues exclusive to the gay and transgender communities, including: exploring and breaking down the categories of gender and sexuality that are found in many body image issues finding ways to heal yourself and your community discovering what it means to “look like a dyke” or to “look gay” fearing fat as a sign of femininity determining what race has to do with the gay ideal discussing the stereotyped ”double negative”--being a fat lesbian learning strategies of resistance to societal ideals critiquing ”the culture of desire” within gay men’s communities that emphasizes looks above everything else Revealing new and complex dimensions to body image issues, Looking Queer not only discusses the struggles and hardships of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons, but looks at the processes that can lead to acceptance of oneself. Written by both men and women, the topics and research in Looking Queer offer insight into the lives of people you can relate to, enabling you to learn from their experiences so you, too, can find joy and happiness in accepting your body. Visit Dawn Atkin’s website at: http://home.earthlink.net/~dawn_atkins/

Download or read book Mother s Pearls written by Chava Dagan and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mother's Pearls is an inspirational guide for the natural family. It was written as an ode to children with the belief that parenting is a journey of self and an exploration of the wonders of childhood. However, generally speaking, we have overlooked this very important aspect of raising children in our fast paced lives. When we take the time to search for truth, and make decisions from our hearts rather than with our heads, we can make a positive and lasting difference in our children's well being. Dagan's book covers many diverse topics dealing with health, psychology, the natural home, alternative education and more. She explains how illness can be avoided, hyperactivity alleviated and how we as adults can change the destiny of future generations by redefining our priorities based on our children's needs. Mother's Pearls was handed down through generations of intuitive women for the betterment of mankind.

Download or read book At His Command written by Stephanie Morris and published by Carnal Imprint Publishing . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jewel Bradford is indebted after her father makes an unspeakable deal. He’s forfeited her as a wager. She has no choice in the matter. He’s lost a bet and she’s no longer free to live the life she’s planned. Greyson West has never denied the fact that he’s ruthless. He’s a man who goes after what he wants—and he gets it. Yet, he never expects to win a prize like Jewel. Now that he has, he can do what he likes with her—until her father’s debt is paid in full.

Download or read book The Dream Girls written by Janice Hunter and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The universe works in mysterious ways. Five women of very different ages, from very different walks of life. Five women with nothing in common nothing except the universal bond of womanhood and their mutual interest in dream analysis. An unlikely group for the universe to bring together. They'd first met at a conference on dream interpretation and discovered they lived within a few minutes' drive of each other. They decided to form a group and meet on a regular basis to continue their study and discussion of dreams. Little did they know how that one weekend would change their lives. Four years and countless pots of tea later, The Dream Girls as they'd christened themselves were the closest of friends. Proof the universe knew what it was doing!"--Author's website.