Books published by She Writes Press

Against a backdrop of pagodas and enigmatic customs, Lidia De Campos-a mature artist carrying a private burden-tours a Southeast Asian country recently reopened to the world after a long dictatorship with a disparate group of characters; along the way, they all encounter adventures that challenge their assumptions-and Lidia embarks on a love affair with a surprising conclusion.

A coming-of-age memoir that takes readers from North Carolina's Outer Banks to disco-era New York City and home again, Untethered follows Laura Whitfield as she fumbles her way through young adulthood, learning along the way that you sometimes have to fall hard a few times before you land where you're meant to be.

As a mixed-race, bilingual Chinese American woman, Anne grew up unsure where she belonged. In her twenties, she travels alone to live and teach English in China, her mother's birthplace-a long, winding journey that ultimately teaches her to embrace her many layers of identity, claim her voice, speak her truth, and live in the present.

The beloved actress from Little House on the Prairie tells her raw, authentic story of growing up with a loving but alcoholic father and her ultimate success-despite her own struggles with self-doubt, alcoholism, and other self-destructive choices. She ultimately finds healing and redemption.

Through personal stories, essays, and reflection questions, Raffelock redefines the midlife woman as a creatrix-a woman who remakes herself beyond the stereotypes of midlife, which often lead to feeling insignificant, used up, defeminized, or desexualized-and illuminates the authentic strength, courage, and power of women in life's third chapter.

We each have a gift meant to be used, and accessing the full power and creativity of this gift requires reconnecting with the wise and intelligent universe from whence it came. Both a philosophy and a way of life, Leadership Flow is a must-read for new and experienced leaders seeking an alternative way to make an impact and make a difference.

An invaluable resource for writers, Where Do You Hang Your Hammock? debunks the myth that anxiety is the price of admission to a creative life. Inspiring and practical, this guidebook¿divided into five parts: Dream, Nourish, Write, Publish, and Promote¿shows writers how to use their present-moment circumstances as stepping-stones to a successful and meaningful writing life, navigated from the inside out.

When Rebecca Goldberg, a poor young widow with six children living in 1920s rural Massachusetts, had to decide between taking her older kids out of school to send them to work and breaking the law by selling illegal alcohol during Prohibition, her choice was clear: she broke the law.

A compelling blend of biography and memoir, The Field House recounts the life of writer Rachel Field-whose works for adults and children were once wildly successful but are now largely forgotten-and how her chance "meeting" with the author through the whispers of an old, neglected island home in Maine sparked a startling friendship across time and impossible distance.

When graduate student Cassie Lyman discovers that she's related to the woman she's decided to write her doctoral dissertation about-Kate Easton, the founder of the Birth Control League of Massachusetts-her quest to discover the truth about Kate unearths some unpleasant family secrets.

When a no-nonsense business executive suffers a trifecta of losses in quick succession, she unwittingly undergoes a profound spiritual transformation-and ultimately discovers that the true source of her power comes from leading with an open heart.

When Elisabeth Goodwin comes to California from Massachusetts in 1849 with her new husband, Nate, she quickly finds out he's not who she thought-but instead of suffering in a miserable marriage, she discovers her worth and potential during the gold rush, and carves out her independence in the liberal society of the early West.

Following the unexpected death of her alcoholic mother, sixteen-year-old Terry Sue decides her biological father, whom she doesn't know, could change her life for the better. By the time she finds him, however-after decades of searching-she understands that the nurturing she craved had been cultivated without him.