{"product_id":"feminine-prerogatives-louise-jaffe-9781425710996","title":"Feminine Prerogatives","description":"Louise Jaffe, author of Feminine Prerogatives: 3 Tales of Empowerment, is a Pushcart nominee for poetry. Here is what some concerned and creative writers of today have to say about her first work of fiction, Feminine Prerogatives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeminine Prerogatives: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e 3 Tales of Empowerment,  is Louise Jaffe's first fiction book, a trilogy of novellas about women's choices and survival, sometimes humorous, sometimes painful, always insightful. Jaffe writes with wit and poignancy, her characters are everyday earthy heroines who seek solace and recognition in their world. Her style is both plainspoken and poetic. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e Editor's Note\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLies: A Chorus\u003c\/i\u003e is a fairy tale in reverse in which class, race and gender reveal painful truths about upward mobility in our modern society.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e Denise Kolanovic, \u003c\/b\u003e Educator \u0026amp; Poet\u003cbr\u003e Author of \"Asphalt Sounds,\" copyright 2004 \u003cbr\u003e published by Fore Angels Press, Huntington, NY \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Faustina's Upward Fall is a humorous allegory dramatizing the lengths to which one writer, Faustina Cohen, will go to be published. I've cried with April Carter, ached with Faustina, and both mourned and rejoiced with Shirley Stone. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e Lisa Roma, \u003c\/b\u003e poet, singer-songwriter, artist, author of\u003cbr\u003e poetry collections, Emerging from Limbo, and Haikusized; \u003cbr\u003efounder-director of Creative Women's Network \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Poetry therapists will be interested in reading about Shirley Stone, Louise Jaffe's protagonist in the novella, Journeynotes, her experiences with journaling and her first attempts at writing poetry, as described in Jaffe's trilogy \"Feminine Prerogatives: 3 Tales of Empowerment.\" Shirley flies on owl wings and through her own determination recreates and revitalizes herself. She evolves into an empowered woman thriving in a world of self-determined choices. \u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Lila Lizbeth Weisberger\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Director, bridgeXngs POETRY CENTER\u003cbr\u003e Past President, National Association for Poetry Therapy (1999-2001)\u003cbr\u003e Co-editor, \u003ci\u003e\"The Healing Fountain: Poetry Therapy for Life's Journey\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louise Jaffe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1425710999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781425710996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Xlibris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Louise Jaffe","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088220303615,"sku":"9781425710996","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3da61a4d-7da4-4535-8894-081b3680cc86.jpg?v=1769103723","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/feminine-prerogatives-louise-jaffe-9781425710996","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}