Product Description: Sharp-witted and sharp-tongued, Arcangela Tarabotti (1604-52) yearned to be formally educated and enjoy an independent life in Venetian literary circles. But instead, at sixteen, her father forced her into a Benedictine convent. To protest her confinement, Tarabotti composed polemical works exposing the many injustices perpetrated against women of her day...read more

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Product Description: In this courageous book, women break the silence about incest within Catholic families. Drawing on personal stories from interviews with survivors, Tish Langlois exposes the power relationships within families, clearly laying the foundation for a better understanding of why sexual abuse can occur and how women can reconstruct their identities and empower themselves...read more