📘 ❞ Why We Write 20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do لماذا نكتب: 20 مؤلفًا مشهورًا حول كيف ولماذا يفعلون ما يفعلونه ❝ كتاب ــ ميريديث ماران اصدار 2013

❞ With her keen eye for contradictions, Meredith Maran finds our new realities in surprising on a racquetball court facing an unyielding female opponent; before a classroom of high school students, openly discussing her bisexuality; in a courtroom during a sexual abuse trial. Through her singular experiences she illuminates the issues millions of women confront her thorny relationship with her mother; the politics of flirting; the struggle to raise caring, responsible children in the face of racism and violence.
This is writing we need
-alive with humor and emotion and totally engaged with the life of our times . ❝

❞ Today we earn more money than our mothers did, at jobs they never dreamed of doing. We are less likely to stay in unhappy marriages, to bear unwanted
children. But have we achieved what we set out to accomplish? Do women--whether they˝re twenty or forty or sixty--feel more in control of their lives? Has feminism made us more--or less--fulfilled in our relationships with men and with each other? . ❝

❞ Looking into the lives of these young people, in this American town, at this time in history, we see more than what˝s true---and what˝s possible--for Berkeley High. We see what˝s true and what˝s possible for America . ❝

❞ From the outside, Jordan˝s life looks perfect. He hangs out with the ˝rich white kids˝; rows on the crew team, has a cool mom, applied early to an East Coast college. But Jordan˝s drug-addicted father died last year, leaving Jordan reeling with grief and anger that makes his life feel anything but perfect-and his future suddenly seem uncertain . ❝

❞ Autumn was ten when her father abandoned her family; since then she˝s been helping her mother raise her two little brothers and keep food on the table-while keeping her grades up so she can go to college. Her faith in God gives Autumn strength, but who will give her the money she needs when she˝s offered the opportunity of a lifetime؟ . ❝

❞ Exploring the psychological, cultural, and neuroscientific causes of this modern American witch-hunt, My Lie asks: how could so many people come to believe the same lie at the same time? What has neuroscience discovered about the brain\\˝s capacity to create false memories and encode false beliefs? What are the ˝big lies˝ gaining traction in American culture today--and how can we keep them from taking hold؟ . ❝

❞ Eager to escape her damaging past and chart her own future, Alison Rose is drawn to Zoe, a free-spirited artist who offers emotional stability and a love outside the norm. After many happy years together, the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake deepens fissures in the two women’s relationship, and Alison leaves Zoe for a new, ˝normal” life with a man. Alison’s son is the outcome of both of these complicated relationships, and the three parents strive to create a life together that will test the boundaries of love and family in changing times . ❝