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Red Hat Reading
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August 2004
Compiled by Lesley Knieriem ,
of Rogers (AR) Public Library , from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.
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I am planning a display to capitalize on the "Red Hat" movement (inspired
by the poem "Warning: When I Am An Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple"),
featuring feisty, non-traditional older women.
NONFICTION
Anderson, Joan. An Unfinished Marriage; A Year By the Sea
Baldizzone, Tiziana. Tibet: Journey to the Forbidden City.
Bloom, Claire. Leaving the Doll's House
Bragg, Rick. Ava's Man
Browne, Jill Connor. The Sweet Potato Queen's Book of Love (and sequels)
Bundles, A'lelia. On Her Own Ground: The Life of Madam C.J. Walker
Bush, Barbara. Barbara Bush: A Memoir; Reflections: Life After the White House
Carr, Rosamond Halsey. Land of a Thousand Hills: My Life in Rwanda
Carter, Rosalynn. First Lady From Plains; Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life
Cooper, Sue. The Red Hat Society.
Delany, Sarah Louise. Having Our Say
Diller, Phyllis. The Joys of Aging, and How to Avoid Them
Gelman, Rita Goldman. Tales of A Female Nomad
Geniesse, Jane Fletcher. Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark
Graham, Katharine. Personal History
Grumbach, Doris. Coming Into the End Zone; Extra Innings
Heilbrun, Carolyn. The Last Gift of Time: Life Beyond Sixty
Indiscreet journeys: stories of women on the road, edited by Lisa St Aubin de Teran
Johnson, Osa. I Married Adventure
Juska, Jane. Round-Heeled Woman: My Late-Life Adventures in Sex and Romance
Kanfer, Stefan. Ball of Fire.
Lovell, Mary. Straight On Til Morning; The Rebel Heart; The Sisters
Markham, Beryl. West With the Night
Murphy, Dervla. Eight Feet in the Andes; South from the Limpopo; Wheels Within Wheels.
Ogden, Christopher. Life of the Party: The Biography of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman
O'Faolain, Nuala. Almost There; Almost Somebody
Packard, Jerrold. Victoria's Daughters
Rehm, Diane. Finding My Voice
Rivers, Joan. Don't Count the Candles, Just Keep the Fire Lit.
Sarton, May - journals
Vickers, Hugo. Alice, Princess Andrew of Greece
Wallach, Janet. Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell
Weaver, Frances The Girls with the Grandmother Faces.
Welch, Bob. American Nightingale
Any biography of Eleanor Roosevelt
FICTION
Christie, Agatha. Miss Marple books
Cohen, Paula Morentz. Jane Austen in Boca
Dennis, Patrick. Auntie Mame.
Evanovich, Janet. Stephanie Plum series
Hart, Carolyn. Henry O mystery series
Heinlein, Robert. Lasswell, Mary. Suds In Your Eye, others
O'Carroll, Brendan. The Mammy.
O'Faolain, Nuala. My Dream of You
Ray, Jeanne. Julie and Romeo
Ross, Ann. Miss Julia series
Smith, Evelyn. Miss Melville series
Smith, Haywood. The Red Hat Club
Smith, Robert Kimmel. Sadie Shapiro titles.
Swann, E. L. Night Gardening
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