ANZ women’s stories

Stories from women in Australia and New Zealand

Updated February 27, 2023
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Fight like a girl
Ford, Clementine
Paper Book
  'This rallying cry will persuade you to battle for true equality' Stylist An incendiary debut taking the world by storm, Fight Like A Girl is an essential manifesto for feminists new, old and soon-to-be.
The female eunuch
Greer, Germaine
Paper Book
"Like a woman, this book gets better with age. Greer's punchy prose and all-too-true observations motivate you to go out and do something to liberate yourself-and other women."  -- Leora Tanenbaum, author of Slut! Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation A ground...
Boys will be boys
Ford, Clementine
Paper Book
  'The most important thing you'll read this year' Elle  The incendiary new book about toxic masculinity and misogyny from Clementine Ford, author of the bestselling feminist manifesto, Fight Like A Girl. Boys Will Be Boys answers the question Clementine Ford is...
The first stone : some questions about sex and power
Garner, Helen
Paper Book
An investigative journalist offers an account of an Australian sexual harassment case in which two female students filed police charges against a college official, who was found innocent of the charges but terminated from his position.
True spirit : the true story of a 16-year-old Australian who sailed solo, nonstop, and unassisted around the world
Watson, Jessica
Paper Book
*Now a Netflix film* The inspiring true story of Jessica Watson--an Australian teenager who set out to sail solo around the world! On May 15, 2010, after 210 days at sea and more than 22,000 nautical miles, 16-year-old Jessica Watson sailed her 33-foot boat triumphantly back to...
Unbreakable
Đokić, Jelena
Paper Book
This is a story of Jelena Dokic's survival. How she survived as a refugee, twice. How she survived on the tennis court to become world No. 4. But, most importantly, how she survived her father, Damir Dokic, the tennis dad from hell. Jelena was a prodigious talent, heralded as...
Women of the Bible : a one-year devotional study of women in scripture
Spangler, Ann.
Paper Book
Over 1 million copies sold! Gain a fresh perspective of God's amazing story through the eyes of fifty-two remarkable women in Scripture. This updated and expanded year-long devotional draws you into the stories of 52 prominent (and not-so-prominent) women in the Bible. From Eve to...
Evonne Goolagong
Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel
Paper Book
My dream time
Barty, Ash
Paper Book
It's a tennis story. It's a family story. It's a teamwork story. It's the story of how I got to where and who I am today. I'm only in my mid-twenties, and some might think that's young to write a memoir. Who does that, right? But for me and my team it's always been important to reflect on...

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