Today, March 08, 2021, is International Women’s Day. Here are quotes from three novels with independent and courageous female characters:
From A Brain. A Heart. The Nerve.: “Years of farm work had made her limbs and torso as sturdy as a tree trunk. He started at the bottom and climbed to the top. ” The novel is a fictional biography of Meinhardt Raabe, who played the Munchkin Coroner in the 1939 Hollywood classic The Wizard of Oz. Meinhardt wants the respect given normal people. The women he meets, including Rosie the Riveter, want to be treated with the same respect as men. The book cries out for justice in the face of discrimination. Order at Amazon.
From On the Shore: “I was sorry I’d told Mama about my dream to be a scientist, and hoped she hadn’t spilled the beans to Papa.” An emotionally charged tale of an immigrant Jewish family in turmoil when their children rebel during WWI, including their young daughter who rejects a traditional woman’s role. Order at Amazon.
From Tazia and Gemma: “Most of the women are paid six dollars a week, men up to two dollars more.” The heartfelt and suspenseful story of two courageous women. An unwed Italian immigrant survives the 1911 Triangle Waist Co. fire in NYC and flees westward in search of freedom. Her daughter seeks her father fifty years later and instead discovers her mother’s brave fight for justice. Order at Amazon.
For more information about each book, see NOVELS.
