Mafia Marriage

By Rosalie Bonanno, Beverly Donofrio

Writing Women'S Lives: An Anthology Of Autobiographical Narratives By Twentieth-Century American Women Writers

By Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Nikki Giovanni, Ellen. Glasgow, Shirley Abbott, Florida Scott-Maxwell, Eudora WELTY, Mary E. Mebane, Mary McCarthy, Nancy Mairs, Maureen Howard, Lucille Clifton, Audre Lorde, Maya Angelou, Kate Simon, Beverly Donofrio, Madeleine L'Engle, Maxine Hong Kingston, Mary Lee Settle, Bebe Moore Campbell, Joyce Johnson, Susan Cahill, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Annie Dillard, Dorothy Day, Vivian Gornick, Dorothy Allison, Zora Neale Hurston, May Sarton, Mary Antin, Hortense Calisher, Joan Didion, Jamaica Kincaid, Jane Addams, Jane O'Reilly, M. F. K. Fisher, Eileen B. Simpson, Lillian Hellman, Patricia Hampl, Edith Wharton, Kate Millett, Sandra Cisneros, Denise Levertov, Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, Tillie Olsen, Mary Brave Bird, Bell Hooks, Ann Cornelisen, Diane Glancy, Louise Bogan, Beatrice Levertoff

Writings From Jane Addams, Ellen Glasgow, May Sarton, Joan Didion, Nancy Mairs, Jamaica Kincaid, Bell Hooks, Natalie Kusz, And Many Others, Reflecting On Their Lives, Their Work, Their Worlds, Conn...

Riding In Cars With Boys

By Beverly Donofrio, Donofrio, Beverly

"Trouble began in 1963 . . . the age-old trouble." Unable to attend college, Beverly Ann Donofrio lost interest in everything but riding around in cars, drinking, smoking, and rebelling against aut...

Looking For Mary

By Beverly Donofrio, Donofrio, Beverly

Entering her fortieth year, Beverly Donofrio, a "lapsed Catholic," inexplicably begins collecting Virgin Mary memorabilia at yard sales. Her search for kitsch, however, soon becomes a spiritual que...

Riding In Cars With Boys: Confessions Of A Bad Girl Who Makes Good

By Beverly Donofrio, Donofrio, Beverly

"Trouble began in 1963 . . . the age-old trouble." Unable to attend college, Beverly Ann Donofrio lost interest in everything but riding around in cars, drinking, smoking, and rebelling against aut...

Astonished

By Beverly Donofrio

“A narrative composed of brutal honesty, tenderness, and an aching love for God. I could not put it down.” —Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Secret Life of BeesIn the middle of her life, acclaimed memo...

Thank You, Lucky Stars

By Beverly Donofrio, Donofrio, Beverly

It’s the first day of fifth grade, and Ally is psyched. She and her best friend, Betsy, are in the same class, and have already planned on singing in the annual talent show together. But it’s not l...

Mary And The Mouse, The Mouse And Mary

By Barbara McClintock, Beverly Donofrio

mary Lived In A Big House With A Very Little Mouse. The Mouse Lived In A Little House Inside Of A Very Big House, With Mary. even Though Mary Has Been Warned To Stay Away From Mice - And Mouse Has...

Thank You, Lucky Stars

By Beverly Donofrio, Donofrio, Beverly

it’s The First Day Of Fifth Grade, And Ally Is Psyched. She And Her Best Friend, Betsy, Are In The Same Class, And Have Already Planned On Singing In The Annual Talent Show Together. But It’s Not L...

Growing Up Female: Stories By Women Writers From The American Mosaic

By Gish Jen, Joyce Maynard, ANZIA YEZIERSKA, Andrea Lee, Beverly Donofrio, Yoshiko Uchida, Patricia Zelver, Susan Cahill, J. California Cooper, Ruth A. Sasaki, Katherine Dunn, Judy Troy, Elizabeth Cullinan, Linda Hogan, Susan Minot, Janice Eidus, Julia Álvarez, Amy Tan, Sandra Cisneros, Donna Trussell, Paulette Childress White, Mary Brave Bird, Diane Levenberg, Gloria Naylor

Contributions from Amy Tan, Gloria Naylor, Susan Minot, Mary Crow Dog and other leading authors focus on the experience of passing from girlhood into womanhood in the late 20th century. African, As...