wives

A story of a Chinese peasant and his passionate, dogged accumulation of land and more land, while weathering famine and drought and revolution.

Describes how some women get caught into being more of a mother figure to their husbands rather than an equal partner. Also provides guidelines on how to change the relationship to escape the mothering trap.

"Struggling to support her family in mid-19th-century New York, writer Frances Osgood makes an unexpected connection with literary master Edgar Allan Poe and finds her survival complicated by her intense attraction to the writer and the scheming manipulations of his wife"--Provided by OCLC.

Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former vice-presidential candidate John Edwards, shares details about her life, including her childhood, the death of her son, her breast cancer diagnosis, friendships, and marriage.

A young widow profiles the seemingly idyllic life she shared with her husband and young daughter, her devastation over the pulmonary embolism that abruptly ended her husband's life, and her shocked discovery that he had been unfaithful to her throughout their marriage.

"Ryan James' promising baseball career was derailed before it even got started--when a hit-and-run driver killed his wife, Chelsea, leaving Ryan alone to care for their beautiful little girl. Now, three years later, he's a popular sports radio host in Boston, still haunted by a tragic crime that was never solved. Then, on the anniversary of Chelsea's death, Ryan receives a chilling message from an anonymous tipster: 'I know who did it.' The shocking revelation that it may have come from Chelsea's autistic younger brother sets Ryan on a twisted path toward a shattering truth that threatens Ryan, his daughter, and everyone around them."--back cover.

Translation of Henrik Ibsen's famous 1879 play, a pioneer in dramatic presentation of women struggling for independence.