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1	Brick Lane more books like this by Monica Ali In BRICK LANE, after an arranged marriage, Nazneen moves with her much older husband, Chanu, from Bangladesh to London, where over the years she manages to make a place for herself in spite of her husband's inability to cope. As she gains strength from raising two feisty daughters, taking a socially committed lover, and learning to make some money ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £2.10! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	By Sorrows River more books like this by Larry McMurtry In this tale of high-spirited and terrifying adventure, set against the background of the West that Larry McMurtry has made his own, "By Sorrow's River" is an epic in its own right, with an extraordinary young woman as its leading figure. At the heart of this third volume of his Western saga remains the beautiful and determined Tasmin Berrybender, ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £6.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Possessing the Secret of Joy more books like this by Alice Walker A provocative novel about an African tribal woman's battle with madness after the trauma of a childhood genital mutilation. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £5.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Sin Killer more books like this by Larry McMurtry Larry McMurtry's "Sin Killer," the first novel of a major four-volume work, is set in the West when it was still unexplored, with a rich, brilliant cast of characters, their lives as intertwined and memorable as those of "Lonesome Dove," a work that is at once literature and great entertainment. It is 1830, and the Berrybender family, rich, ... see all copies from £2.01! new only from £6.10! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Cinders to Satin more books like this by Fern Michaels Callie James learned to survive in the squalid back alleys of Dublin. Tough, spirited and beautiful, she was sent to New York to forge a new life. There she met two very different men, the rich Rossiter Powers, and Hugh MacDuff, rich only in love and compassion. see all copies from £2.11! new only from £6.69! \| first editions
6	Ten Thousand Lovers more books like this by Edeet Ravel Lily looks back on her romance with Ami, whom she met in Tel Aviv when she was a student 20 years ago. Ami was an actor turned army strongman, but after their marriage he tried his hand at playwriting--until the political events of the time (the 1970s) changed his life dramatically, and hers with it. Edeet Ravel's novel delineates the Arab-Israeli ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £2.01! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	By Sorrow's River: The Berrybender Narratives, Book 3 more books like this by Larry McMurtry In volume three of the Berrybender saga, as the family makes its way west, Tasmin's husband has disappeared, her son Monty is being groomed--with difficulty--for the life of a gentleman, and Lord Berrybender has, shockingly, fallen in love with his mistress. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £8.87! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	In Sheep's Clothing more books like this by Rett MacPherson When genealogist Torie O'Shea gets an invitation from her favorite aunt, Sissy, to spend some time with her in Minnesota she jumps at the chance. When she arrives, however, Torie finds out that the invitation was not so innocent: Sissy has uncovered a 150-year-old diary in the attic of her home and is dying to find out who wrote it and where it ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.46! \| first editions
9	Arranged Marriage: Stories more books like this by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni This collection of short stories chronicles the experience of Indian-born women in America. Winner of the 1996 American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation, the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award for Fiction, and the PEN Oakland Award for Fiction. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £7.49! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	The Vine of Desire more books like this by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Divakaruni's novel continues the story she began in SISTER OF MY HEART--about two Indian cousins, Anjou and Sudha, living in California. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £3.34! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Memoirs of a Muse more books like this by Lara Vapnyar Humorous, charming, and written with the same beguiling grace and vividness as her story collection "There Are Jews in My House," Vapnyar's first novel is a poignant and comic story about a delightfully sincere, modern-day muse. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £6.20! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Leaving Ireland more books like this by Ann Moore In this historical novel, Moore's perennial character Gracelin O'Malley immigrates to America, leaving her baby son behind--a decision that will not let her rest. Soon, however, she meets up with a man she once scorned, and sees him in a new light. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £8.86! \| first editions
13 view cover	Up from Orchard Street more books like this by Eleanor Widmer In the tradition of Like Water for Chocolate and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn , this exhilarating novel centered around a memorable immigrant family brings to vibrant life the soul and spirit of New York’s legendary Lower East Side. Up from Orchard Street... ...where three generations of Roths live together in a crowded tenement flat at ... see all copies from £6.15! new only from £9.49! \| first editions
14 view cover	Orchard more books like this by Larry Watson, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. This complex tale revolves around a tepidly married woman named Sonja, a Norwegian immigrant who runs an apple orchard with her American husband. To earn extra money, Sonja poses nude for the famous painter Ned Weaver--and her husband becomes enraged and jealous. Years later, Weaver's long-suffering wife sells the paintings for a small fortune. see all copies from £3.07! new only from £5.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	The Singing Fire more books like this by Lilian Nattel The stories of two women diverge and then move on in this novel set in the late 19th century in London. Nehama, a Polish immigrant, is forced into prostitution before she escapes and marries a good man--but her experiences leave her unable to have a child. She rescues a pregnant woman named Emilia--newly arrived from Russia--from a similar fate, ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Song of the Water Saints more books like this by Nelly Rosario This multigenerational novel begins in the Dominican Republic with the rebellious Graciela, and ends with her great-granddaughter, who has immigrated to the U.S. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £8.44! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	When Women Come First: Gender and Class in Transnational Migration more books like this by Sheba Mariam George With a subtle yet penetrating understanding of the intricate interplay of gender, race, and class, Sheba George examines an unusual immigration pattern to analyze what happens when women who migrate before men become the breadwinners in the family. Focusing on a group of female nurses who moved from India to the United States before their husbands ... see all copies from £9.35! new only from £17.01!
18 view cover	The flower drum song more books like this by C. Y. Lee Originally published in 1957, one of the first novels of the Chinese-American experience is now back in print to tie in with the Broadway revival. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £10.44! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Arranged Marriage more books like this by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Editor) This is a collection of stories about Indian-born women and girls torn between old and new world values, with ties to tradition and memories of a family at home which still intrude on their new lives in America. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £10.32! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Breath and Bones more books like this by Susann Cokal In 1884, Famke Summerfugl is ousted from her convent in Denmark for . . . sensuousness and pulled from servitude by a second-rate painter named Albert Castle. Loving to be looked at, and able to stand perfectly still without shivering, Famke is the ideal artist's model. When Albert takes his eight-foot masterpiece and leaves his model behind, ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £8.19! \| first editions
21 view cover	Immigrant Women Tell Their Stories more books like this by Roni Berger Jargon-free, documents and analyzes the experience of immigration from the female perspective. It discusses the unique challenges that women face, offers insightsinto the meanings of their experiences, develops gender-sensitive knowledge, about immigration, and discusses implications for the development of services for immigrant women. see all copies from £27.39! new only from £27.39!
22 view cover	The Coffin Tree more books like this by Wendy Law-Yone Wendy Law-Yone opens her first novel with the phrase of a survivor, "Living things prefer to go on living." A young woman and her older half-brother are expelled from their home in Burma by a savage political coup. Sent to elusive safety in America, the motherless siblings find themselves engulfed by the indifference, hypocrisy, and cruelty of an ... see all copies from £5.29! new only from £10.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Death of Riley more books like this by Rhys Bowen Fiery redheaded Molly Murphy explores bohemian turn-of-the-century New York City in the follow-up to the Mary Higgins Clark Award and Agatha Award finalist, "Murphy's Law." see all copies from £5.46! signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	A Factory of Cunning more books like this by Philippa Stockley In 1784, a gorgeous Frenchwoman who calls herself Mrs. Fox and doesn't care whom she offends arrives in England with no money and a bad reputation. She has actually been sent there by a Dutch philosopher named Hubert Van Essel to destroy the man he loathes, the powerful Earl Much, who becomes Mrs. Fox's sworn enemy. In a novel full of sexual games ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £1.38! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Beyond the Narrow Gate more books like this by Leslie Chang Lifting the veils of secrecy that have so long hung over the "bamboo generation, " "Beyond the Narrow Gate" is the brave and moving story of four Chinese girls and their ultimate passage through the "narrow gate" in Communist China to America. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £8.86! \| first editions

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