Karen Karbo

"Karen Karbo is a very funny writer - from near slapstick to wry wit. Amazing" --The New York Times
 
Because I Love Her
34 Women Writers Reflect on the Mother-Daughter Bond

This intimate collection of writing explores the complex relationship of mothers and daughters. . . The beauty of this collection, edited by Richesin (editor of The May Queen) is the realization that, despite mothers good and bad, suicidal, depressed, divorced, neglectful, all the women here remain hopeful for themselves, their mothers and their own children, who they understand are undeniably shaped by all that has happened and can use this knowledge to face what lies ahead. (Apr.)

The Secret Currency of Love
The Unabashed Truth About Women, Money, and Relationships

“Multiple themes are explored in personal and heartfelt ways: money is success, failure, control, submission, love and hate. Money can mean the chance at motherhood or the ruin of a marriage. In the end, money is everything and nothing.”

The Bitch In The House
edited by Cathi Hanauer

26 Women Tell The Truth About Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, And Marriage

The culmination of lessons learned in the past three decades – the "me" years, the therapy years, and the "express yourself" years -- The Bitch in the House welcomes readers into the lives, minds, and bedrooms of its contributors to talk about the choices they've made, what's working, and what's not. Ranging in age from twenty-four to sixty-five, single and childless or married with children or four times divorced, this is the sound of the collective voice of successful women today -- in all their anger, grace, and glory.

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American Writers Remember Rooms of Their Own

"Unforgettable...These pages are filled with the kind of details that etch a childhood place into the deep recesses of memory, that distinguish the sensual life of one family from another."