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Three Books You Might Like Posted: 30 Jun 2010 08:32 AM PDT Here are descriptions of three books I just read and liked: Class Action: The Story of Lois Jenson and the Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law, by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy Gansler, tells the true story behind the first class action sexual harassment case ever brought to court. It’s about a group of women who were the first female miners to work in a Minnesota mine, and the unbelievable abuse they took from some of their male co-workers. The film North Country was based on this story. The book, written in 2003, reads like a thriller and is extraordinarily well researched and written. The Night Watch (2006) is a novel by Sarah Waters (Tipping the Velvet) that gives the reader an incredibly authentic feeling for World War II London. The story follows the lives of a cast of women characters — three lesbians, one straight woman and one man. The novel was shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize and longlisted for the 2006 Orange Prize. Are You Somebody?: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman (1999) is a memoir by Nuala O’Faolain, who had an incredibly dismal childhood and writes about without hesitation or censoring. But the book is not just about her childhood; it’s actually an account of her adult life in England and Ireland and how her childhood shaped it. The writing is several cuts above your average memoir. Sadly, O’Faolain died a couple of years ago at age 68.

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