Women Saints

Radical Saints: 21 Women for the 21st Century features 21 saints who walked the earth in the 20th century and were canonized in the 21st. Each chapter tells the story of one woman’s radical gift and the world in which she lived. You’ll also find stories of everyday women who are living these gifts in ways large and small today.

It’s the 1970s, and from hippie London to Warhol’s Factory in New York, reluctant aristocrat Loulou de la Falaise is desperately seeking adventure. Having escaped an early, unhappy marriage, she arrives on a whim in Paris—the champagne-soaked heart of the fashion world, where the rigid old world of haute couture and the fast-paced new world of ready-to-wear are vying for supremacy. Glamour, sex, and cocaine nights fuel the Paris fashion scene. Its crown prince is the soulful and intensely gifted Yves Saint Laurent.

Alors que sa grand-mère Elsa se meurt d'un cancer foudroyant et que tous ses proches se rassemblent pour adoucir ses derniers jours, Anna découvre que, derrière le mariage apparemment heureux de ses grands-parents, se cache un drame qui a marqué à jamais tous les membres de sa famille. Une vieille robe trouvée par hasard, et dont elle apprend qu'elle aurait appartenu à une certaine Eeva, va réveiller le passé.

Fête du Crime à Saint-Tropez. Der Schriftsteller Gaston Peroux wird bei einer öffentlichen Lesung Opfer des in seinem neuen Buch beschriebenen Mordanschlags. Seine weiblichen Fans trauern um ihn. Doch seine Autorenkollegen sind seltsam erleichtert. Commissaire Lucie Girard gerät in ein Geflecht aus Lügen und Intrigen. Als eine junge Nachwuchsautorin von einer Giftschlange getötet wird, entwickelt sich ihr Fall zu einem echten Krimi.

1976. Es ist die Zeit des Kalten Krieges. An der Côte d’Azur und vor allem in Saint-Tropez ist davon nichts zu spüren. Die Urlaubsgäste vergessen die latente Bedrohung, feiern sich und genießen das savoir vivre, das schöne Leben. Nicht so Commissaire Lucie Girard. Sie wird von einem Ereignis ihrer Vergangenheit eingeholt. Die Mutter ihres Pflegekindes Sophie taucht nach Jahren unerwartet auf. Eine Agentin des israelischen Geheimdienstes Mossad. Mit ihrer Ermordung gerät das Leben der Familie Girard aus den Fugen.

Three sisters raised in Michigan follow completely different pathways. The oldest, Nettie, threw away every advantage she had when she was still in her teens, and her mystified parents and siblings watched in horror as she spent years in squalor and degradation. Middle sister Ruth fell in love with a wealthy man and now has a life beyond all the dreams she spun in the cramped, upstairs bedroom of their parents’ old farmhouse.

In einer regnerischen Nacht macht sich Staatsanwältin Lina Saint-George auf den Weg zu einem Tatort mitten im Westerwald: Eine Frau wurde anscheinend totgebissen - von einem Wolf! Handelt es sich also um einen tragischen Unfall? Bald wird klar: Die Tote hatte mit einem Vorfall vor über 30 Jahren zu tun. Damals verschwanden zwei Schwestern nach einer Vergewaltigung spurlos. Die weiteren Beteiligten von damals schweben nun in Lebensgefahr. Aber niemand kennt die ganze Wahrheit... Lina setzt alles daran, den Fall aufzuklären. Doch der Killer ist ihr und ihren Liebsten näher, als sie ahnt.

Reich unterdrückt arm. In Saint-Tropez beobachtet ein Passant, wie ein Clochard brutal zusammengeschlagen wird. Wenig später wird ein Zweiter ermordet aufgefunden. Wer hat es auf die hilflosen Bettler abgesehen? Gibt es etwa einen politischen Hintergrund? Commissaire Lucie Girard gerät innerhalb der Polizei massiv unter Druck. Sie folgt ihrem Gewissen und ermittelt in Kreisen, die ihr äußerst gefährlich werden können.

In Saint behind Enemy Lines, Olga Kovarova Campora shares her experiences growing up, her first contact with Czech Latter-day Saints, her eventual conversion, and her experiences as a member of the Church today. She also describes that poignant moment when the Velvet Revolution officially brought a new life of hope and freedom to her homeland in 1989.

Katastrophe beim traditionellen Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco. Ein tragischer Trainingsunfall überschattet das Rennwochenende Ende Mai 1974. Schon kurz darauf kommt der Verdacht auf, dass die Bremsen eines Boliden manipuliert wurden. Commissaire Lucie Girard wird von ihrem ehemaligen Au-pair zum Circuit gerufen. Dort liefert sie sich mit ihrem Kollegen Commissaire Franc Sarasin einen Wettstreit um die Lösung des Falles.

Der neue Saint-Tropez Krimi. Commissaire Lucie Girard stellt ihr Leben auf den Kopf. Sie beginnt eine Affäre mit ihrer Assistentin Louisa Benin. Gemeinsam setzen sie sich für die Rechte der Frauen ein. Eröffnen die Fotoausstellung Femmes pour Femmes in Saint-Tropez. Dort werden kurz darauf zwei Männer erschossen. Die Presse wittert einen Skandal. Beschuldigt das Liebespaar. Eine Hetzjagd beginnt. Wer wird das nächste Opfer?

Rose Mae Lolley is a fierce and dirty girl, long-suppressed under flowery skirts and bow-trimmed ballet flats. As "Mrs. Ro Grandee" she's trapped in a marriage that's thick with love and sick with abuse. Her true self has been bound in the chains of marital bliss in rural Texas, letting "Ro" make eggs, iron shirts, and take her punches.

For more than 500 years, the story of Joan of Arc has been an inspiration and a mystery. The least likely of heroines, a peasant girl with no education and no prospects, Joan turned herself into the legendary Maid of Orleans, knight, martyr, and saint. Following a voice she knew was God's, she led an army to victory in battle and crowned the king of France, only to be captured by her English enemies and burned at the stake as a heretic, all by the age of 19.

Miami, Florida 1992: A few weeks after Hurricane Andrew wreaks devastation and havoc across South Florida, a father and his infant daughter crash their car into a canal. The man’s body is recovered, but his baby girl is never found. Twenty-three years later: After reports of alleged sightings of the girl, the case is reopened by police. Detective Maria Duquesne has been assigned to the case, but she has very little in the way of clues. Is it really possible that the girl has not died? Or is this simply the persistence of a desperate mother who will not accept the death of her daughter?

Luke Costas, the Saints' resident computer guru, preferred quiet nights and burying himself in digital investigating. But he wasn't alone. A mystery cyber-contact assisted when possible, becoming more and more integrated into Luke's thoughts...and dreams. One night he discovered a woman standing in his living room. And his dream became a reality. Charlie had been on the run for months after witnessing an assassination. Tired of going it alone she turned to the one person she knew could help her unravel the horrific conspiracy of a medical organization harvesting organs for sale.

A man who searches for facts: A former SEAL, Bart Taggart's career with Saints Protection & Investigations fills his need to take on any mission, see it to the end, and then enjoy his down time with his friends and easy women. A man who searches for facts has no room in his life for deceivers. His world is turned upside down, assigned to assist the FBI in searching for a kidnapped boy, he is paired with a dark-haired beauty, unlike any woman he has met.

I waited my whole life for Zee St. James to open his eyes and see me. But Port Clover's official bad boy would never view me as anything more than his best friend's little sister. He shattered my heart into thousands of pieces when he left. And I spent years trying to forget him. Trying to banish the memory of that one kiss. I thought I'd moved on. But when he comes crashing back into my life, or rather my apartment - the one he still owns - I'm defenseless against him. Just when I think I might finally get my happily ever after, a web of secrets and betrayal threaten to unravel the hope I finally found in his arms. And I'm faced with the soul-baring question: Is loving Zee worth the torment he inflicts?

For millennia, across cultures and continents, women and people who experience pregnancy, as well as midwives and those who assist them, have been persecuted as witches (whether they actually practiced the craft or not). In this dauntless, voice-driven reassessment of that history, journalist Sophie Saint Thomas follows the tangled threads of witches and reproductive rights through the ages.

Award-winning author Maria Morera Johnson follows up her best-selling book My Badass Book of Saints with a unique and daring exploration of the cardinal virtues through the saints and heroines of science fiction, fantasy, and comic books. Johnson will reignite your passion for your faith as she demonstrates the heroic in the sometimes mundane quest for good and reminds us that Catholicism is filled with adventure.

Still Water Saints chronicles a momentous year in the life of Agua Mansa, a largely Latino town beyond the fringes of Los Angeles. Agua Mansa is home to the Botanica Oshun, where people come seeking charms, herbs, candles, and above all, the guidance of the shop's owner, Perla Portillo. Perla has served the community for years, arming her clients with the tools to overcome all manner of crises, large and small.