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Eight non-fiction books that highlight women and their strengths
Real stories about women, written by women. Courtesy of rdne stock project Danielle McNally, has been the full-time events coordinator at her father’s iconic Toronto bookstore Ben McNally’s since it opened in 2007 and recommends these newish female-centric titles. They range in genres from historic to political, to personal and anthological: 1. Overture of Hope by Isabel Vincent In Overture of Hope, Canadian investigative journalist Isabel Vincent, chronicles the lives of two unassuming British sisters, Louise and Ida Cook, who used their fanatical obsession with all things opera as a cover to rescue 29 Jewish people from Hitler’s holocaust wrath. 2. Unearthing by Kyo Maclear From essayist and novelist Kyo…