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Ladyparts

A Memoir

By: Deborah Copaken

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A frank, witty, and dazzlingly written memoir of one woman trying to keep it together while her body falls apart—from the “brilliant mind” (Michaela Coel, creator of I May Destroy You) behind Shutterbabe “The most laugh-out-loud story of resilience you’ll ever read and an essential road map for the importance of narrative as a tool of healing.”—Lori Gottlieb, bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE I’m crawling around on the bathroom floor, picking up pieces of myself. These pieces are not a metaphor. They are actual pieces. Twenty years after her iconic memoir Shutterbabe, Deborah Copaken is at her darkly comedic nadir: battered, broke, divorcing, dissected, and dying—literally—on sexism’s battlefield as she scoops up what she believes to be her internal organs into a glass container before heading off to the hospital . . . in an UberPool. Ladyparts is Copaken’s irreverent inventory of both the female body and the body politic of womanhood in America, the story of one woman brought to her knees by the one-two-twelve punch of divorce, solo motherhood, healthcare Frogger, unaffordable childcare, shady landlords, her father’s death, college tuitions, sexual harassment, corporate indifference, ageism, sexism, and plain old bad luck. Plus seven serious illnesses, one atop the other, which provide the book’s narrative skeleton: vagina, uterus, breast, heart, cervix, brain, and lungs. Copaken bounces back from each bum body part, finds workarounds for every setback—she transforms her home into a commune to pay rent, sells her soul for health insurance, turns FBI informant when her sexual harasser gets a presidential appointment—but in her slippery struggle to survive a steep plunge off the middle-class ladder, she is suddenly awoken to what it means to have no safety net. Side-splittingly funny one minute, a freak horror show the next, quintessentially American throughout, Ladyparts is an era-defining memoir.

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1984855492

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Between Here and April

By: Deborah Copaken Kogan

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Between Here and April

By: Deborah Copaken Kogan

“A haunting work of ambition and dimension.”—Meg Wolitzer, author of The Female Persuasion When a deep-seated memory suddenly surfaces, Elizabeth Burns becomes obsessed with the long-ago disappearance of her childhood friend April Cassidy. Driven to investigate, Elizabeth discovers a thirty-five-year-old newspaper article revealing the details that had been hidden from her as a child—shocking revelations about April's mother, Adele. Elizabeth, now herself a mother, seeks out anyone who might help piece together the final months, days, and hours of this troubled woman's life, but the answers yield only more questions. And those questions lead back to Elizabeth's own life: her own compromised marriage, her increasing self-doubt and dissatisfaction, and finally, a fearsome reckoning with what it means to be a wife and mother.

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328

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Algonquin Books

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1616200219

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9781616200213

Shutterbabe

Adventures in Love and War

By: Deborah Copaken

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Shutterbabe

Adventures in Love and War

By: Deborah Copaken

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The remarkable memoir of an ambitious young photojournalist who went off to war as a twenty-two-year-old girl—and came back, four years and many adventures later, a woman “Eloquent and well observed, not only about the memoirist, but about the world: war, death, photojournalism and, of course, the worldwide battle between the sexes.” —The Washington Post Book World In 1988, fresh out of Harvard, Deborah Copaken Kogan moved to Paris with a small backpack, a couple of cameras, the hubris of a superhero, and a strong thirst for danger. She wanted to see what a war would look like when seen from up close. Naïvely, she figured it would be easy to filter death through the prism of her wide-angle lens. She was dead wrong. Within weeks of arriving in Paris, after begging to be sent where the action was, Kogan found herself on the back of a truck in Afghanistan, her tiny frame veiled from head to toe, the only woman—and the only journalist—in a convoy of rebel freedom fighters. Kogan had not actually planned on shooting the Afghan war alone. However, the beguiling French photographer she’d entrusted with both her itinerary and her heart turned out to be as dangerously unpredictable as, well, a war. Kogan found herself running from one corner of the globe to another, each linked to the man she was involved with at the time. From Zimbabwe to Romania, from Russia to Haiti, Kogan takes her readers on a heartbreaking yet surprisingly hilarious journey through a mine-strewn decade, her personal battles against sexism, battery, and even rape blending seamlessly with the historical struggles of war, revolution, and unfathomable abuse it was her job to record. In the end, what was once adventurous to the girl began to weigh heavily on the woman. Though she had finally been accepted into photojournalism’s macho fraternity, her photographs splashed across the front pages of international newspapers and magazines, Kogan began to feel there was something more she was after. Ultimately, what she discovered in herself was a person—a woman—for whom life, not death, is the one true adventure to be cherished above all.

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0375758682

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Hell Is Other Parents

And Other Tales of Maternal Combustion

By: Deborah Copaken Kogan

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Hell Is Other Parents

And Other Tales of Maternal Combustion

By: Deborah Copaken Kogan

I read No Exit in my early twenties, and I remember thinking hell might very well be other people, okay, sure, but under what far-fetched conditions would anyone ever actually be trapped forever in the company of strangers with no sleep or means of escape? Then I became a parent. From Deborah Copaken Kogan, the acclaimed author of the national bestseller Shutterbabe, comes this edgy, insightful, and sidesplitting memoir about surviving in the trenches of modern parenting. Kogan writes situation comedy in the style of David Sedaris and Spalding Gray with a dash of Erma-Bombeck-on-a-Vespa: wry, acutely observed, and often hilarious true tales, in which the narrator is as culpable as any character. In these eleven linked pieces, Kogan and her husband are almost always broke while working full-time and raising three children in New York City, one of the most expensive and competitive cities in the world. In one episode, exhausted from a particularly difficult childbirth, Kogan finds herself sharing a hospital room with a foul-mouthed teen mother and her partying posse. In another, Kogan manages to crawl her way to her own emergency appendectomy, which inconveniently strikes the same week her infant's babysitter is away on vacation, her adolescents are off from school, her New York Times editor needs his edit, and the whole family catches the flu. And in the book's capper essay, she drives twelve hours, solo, with a screaming toddler in a rent-a-car in a futile effort to catch a glimpse of her eldest child in his summer camp play. Yes, Shutterbabe is all grown up and slightly worse for the wear, but her clear-eyed vision while under fire has remained intact: You've never read funnier war stories.

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Hachette Books

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140139454X

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Hell Is Other Parents

And Other Tales of Maternal Combustion

By: Deborah Copaken Kogan

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Hell Is Other Parents

And Other Tales of Maternal Combustion

By: Deborah Copaken Kogan

The author discusses parenting as the greatest challenge of her life in a series of essays that describes her haphazard encounters with overprotective, competitive, and interfering fellow parents.

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0316372994

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The ABCs of Parenthood

An Alphabet of Parenting Advice

By: Deborah Copaken,Randy Polumbo

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The ABCs of Parenthood

An Alphabet of Parenting Advice

By: Deborah Copaken,Randy Polumbo

A wise, warm, and witty ebook for new (and gently used) parents seeking to raise positive, thoughtful children, this alphabet book brims with the advice only those who've been there can give. From "D is for Dog" (get one) to "P is for Praise" (do it often but appropriately) to "R is for Romance" (keep it alive after the kids come), each mini essay is coupled with a smart, letter-appropriate full-color photograph in these delightfully grown-up ABCs.

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Chronicle Books

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1452157685

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Shutterbabe

Adventures in Love and War

By: Deborah Copaken

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Shutterbabe

Adventures in Love and War

By: Deborah Copaken

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Villard

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0375506551

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Ladyparts

A Memoir

By: Deborah Copaken

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A Memoir

By: Deborah Copaken

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1984855476

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The ABCs of Parenthood

An Alphabet of Parenting Advice

By: Deborah Copaken,Randy Polumbo

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An Alphabet of Parenting Advice

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Swallowed by a Jaguar

A Mother's Memoir on the Loss of an Adult Child

By: Deborah Pearcey,Amber Landgraff,Michelle Retterath

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Swallowed by a Jaguar

A Mother's Memoir on the Loss of an Adult Child

By: Deborah Pearcey,Amber Landgraff,Michelle Retterath

Through the eyes of her devoted mother, Deborah, Swallowed by a Jaguar unveils the vibrant journey of Amber Landgraff, a passionate woman who lived fiercely despite numerous challenges. From an early age, Amber found inspiration in fine art, navigating life with a heart full of dreams and a soul brimming with creativity. However, Amber confronted not only the trials of modern adulthood, but also the formidable challenge of cancer, which she faced with unparalleled strength until her untimely passing at the age of thirty-four. This memoir is more than an exploration of love and loss. It explores hidden health risks of modern living, the impact of corporate greed, and the complex relationship between women’s health and societal expectations. Deborah’s heartfelt tribute also sheds light on the complexities of the medical system and emphasizes the need for greater awareness of medical gaslighting. Enriching the narrative, Deborah incorporates Amber’s own essays, words, and art, giving voice to her daughter’s unique perspective. Swallowed by a Jaguar will resonate with anyone who has grieved the loss of an adult child, those seeking to understand early adulthood cancer risks, and readers looking for insights into the factors shaping our health. Amber’s story is a poignant reminder of the interconnectedness of our lives and well-being. What unseen threads connect our health to the lives we lead?

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FriesenPress

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1038321867

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American Women Artists in Wartime, 1776-2010

By: Paula E. Calvin,Deborah A. Deacon

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American Women Artists in Wartime, 1776-2010

By: Paula E. Calvin,Deborah A. Deacon

For generations, men have left their homes and families to defend their country while their wives, mothers and daughters remained safely at home, outwardly unaffected. A closer examination reveals that women have always been directly impacted by war. In the last few years, they have actively participated on the front lines. This book tells the story of the women who documented the impact of war on their lives through their art. It includes works by professional artists and photographers, combat artists, ordinary women who documented their military experiences, and women who worked in a variety of types of needlework. Taken together, these images explore the female consciousness in wartime.

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McFarland

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0786486759

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The Red Book

By: Deborah Copaken

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The Red Book

By: Deborah Copaken

Centering around Harvard's Red Book, a collection of personal triumphs and failures from graduates, this tongue-in-cheek novel follows a group of roommates from the class of 1989 as they prepare for their twentieth reunion weekend.

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1620907070

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Book's by Deborah Copaken

Ladyparts

Ladyparts

Between Here and April

Between Here and April

Shutterbabe

Shutterbabe

Hell Is Other Parents

Hell Is Other Parents

Hell Is Other Parents

Hell Is Other Parents

The ABCs of Parenthood

The ABCs of Parenthood

Shutterbabe

Shutterbabe

Ladyparts

Ladyparts

The ABCs of Parenthood

The ABCs of Parenthood

Swallowed by a Jaguar

Swallowed by a Jaguar

American Women Artists in Wartime, 1776-2010

American Women Artists in Wartime, 1776-2010

The Red Book

The Red Book

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