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The Female Complaint: Tales of Unruly Women

Maureen O'Leary

4/5 ( ratings)

Praised by Kirkus as "a vital addition to contemporary literature." The thirty-six stories in this anthology, all by women authors, center around female characters who follow their own paths and tell the powers-that-be what they don’t want to hear, women who stand up for themselves, for each other, for their beliefs.

The characters include housewives and high school students, a stand-up comedian, an artist, an attendant at a nursing home, several scientists. There’s a woman who turns into a leopard; a chemist who comes to the rescue of a resuscitated Isaac Newton; and a female giant who metes out rough justice in a futuristic penal colony for male criminals.

Navigating a fine line between anger and laughter, these are raucous stories of solidarity, resistance, transformation, and joy.

Contributors include Gina Ochsner, Kathleen Alcalá, Theodora Goss, Kim Chinquee, and Katherine Vaz.

Language: English

Pages: 327

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Shade Mountain Press

Release: November 01, 2015

ISBN: 0991355555

ISBN 13: 9780991355556

The Female Complaint: Tales of Unruly Women

Maureen O'Leary

4/5 ( ratings)

Praised by Kirkus as "a vital addition to contemporary literature." The thirty-six stories in this anthology, all by women authors, center around female characters who follow their own paths and tell the powers-that-be what they don’t want to hear, women who stand up for themselves, for each other, for their beliefs.

The characters include housewives and high school students, a stand-up comedian, an artist, an attendant at a nursing home, several scientists. There’s a woman who turns into a leopard; a chemist who comes to the rescue of a resuscitated Isaac Newton; and a female giant who metes out rough justice in a futuristic penal colony for male criminals.

Navigating a fine line between anger and laughter, these are raucous stories of solidarity, resistance, transformation, and joy.

Contributors include Gina Ochsner, Kathleen Alcalá, Theodora Goss, Kim Chinquee, and Katherine Vaz.

Language: English

Pages: 327

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Shade Mountain Press

Release: November 01, 2015

ISBN: 0991355555

ISBN 13: 9780991355556

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