Novels
- My Sister’s Bones (1996)
- Sweet Ruin (2006)
- Gone (2012)
Novellas
- The Dinner Date (2012)
Non fiction
- The Bit*ch in the House (2002)
- The Bit*ch is Back (2016)
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Cathi Hanauer Books Overview
My Sister’s Bones
Life is full of surprises. You think you know your family. You think you know your best friend. You even think you know yourself. Then, suddenly, everything changes and the connections that kept you safe can disappear in the blink of an eye. My Sister’s BonesBillie Weinstein sees things most people don’t see. Her sister Cassie has always been her touchstone, the person she turns to for advice and guidance, the person whose opinion means the most to her. But ever since Cassie left for college, she’s seemed different withdrawn, obsessed with studying, and she barely eats. Billie can’t talk to her parents about it; they act as if nothing is wrong refusing to see the changes in their older daughter. Now Billie has become Cassie’s confidante, the only one Cassie trusts enough to tell the truth to, and Billie is suddenly thrust into an unfamiliar and disturbing role; one that drives her to make choices that will forever change the way she looks at the world.A poignant story of serf discovery, My Sisters Bones explores the shifting landscape of family, friendship, and love through the eyes of a young girl possessed of a wisdom far beyond her years. In Billie Weinstein we meet a character as funny, vivid, and endearing as any in recent memory, and watch her transformation as she achieves freedom from the seemingly unbreakable web of family ties. Cathi Hanauer writes with the voice of a natural storyteller, capturing perfectly the pain, joy, and pressures of moving toward adulthood, and reminds us of how hurtful and astonishing this process can be.
Sweet Ruin
Since editing the New York Times bestseller The Bit*ch in the House, Cathi Hanauer has become the unofficial spokeswoman for the contemporary married woman. Now, in Sweet Ruin, she gives us a story of martial crisis and sexual tension featuring a character close to her heart and recognizable to us all. Thirty seven year old Elayna Leopold used to be a New York magazine editor, until she and her young family moved to suburban New Jersey. Two years ago, the death of an infant son sent her into a deep depression a darkness that begins to lift in the company of a handsome, unattached neighbor. As she fights yearnings that could destroy everything that gives her life shape, a threat to her young daughter’s welfare emerges from an unlikely source, throwing Elayna’s questionable morality into stark relief and forcing her to make choices she never dreamed she would have to make. Smart and gripping, Elayna’s story raises heartrendering questions about the challenges of ordinary life marriage, career, independence, and sexuality that have no easy answers. Sweet Ruin is a triumph of contemporary fiction from a writer known for her candor and wisdom.
The Bit*ch in the House
Virginia Woolf introduced us to the Angel in the House , now prepare to meet…
The Bit*ch in the House. Women today have more choices than at any time in history, yet many smart, ambitious, contemporary women are finding themselves angry, dissatisfied, stressed out. Why are they dissatisfied? And what do they really want? These questions form the premise of this passionate, provocative, funny, searingly honest collection of original essays in which twenty six women writers ranging in age from twenty four to sixty five, single and childless or married with children or four times divorced invite readers into their lives, minds, and bedrooms to talk about the choices they ve made, what’s working, and what s not. With wit and humor, in prose as poetic and powerful as it is blunt and dead on, these intriguing women offer details of their lives that they ve never publicly revealed before, candidly sounding off on: The difficult decisions and compromises of living with lovers, marrying, staying single and having children The perpetual tug of war between love and work, family and career The struggle to simultaneously care for ailing parents and a young family The myth of co parenting Dealing with helpless mates and needy toddlers The constrictions of traditional women s roles as well as the cliches of feminism Anger at laid back live in lovers content to live off a hardworking woman s checkbook Anger at being criticized for one s weight Anger directed at their mothers, right and wrong And well more anger…
This book was born out of anger, begins Cathi Hanauer, but the end result is an intimate sharing of experience that will move, amuse, and enlighten. The Bit*ch in the House is a perfect companion for your students as they plot a course through the many voices of modern feminism. This is the sound of the collective voice of successful women today in all their anger, grace, and glory. From The Bit*ch in the House: I believed myself to be a feminist, and I vowed never to fall into the same trap of domestic boredom and servitude that I saw my mother as being fully entrenched in; never to settle for a life that was, as I saw it, lacking independence, authority, and respect. E.S. Maduro, page 5 Here are a few things people have said about me at the office: You re unflappable. Are you ever in a bad mood? Here are things people okay, the members of my family have said about me at home: Mommy is always grumpy. Why are you so tense? You re too mean to live in this house and I want you to go back to work for the rest of your life! Kristin van Ogtrop, page 161 I didn t want to be a bad mother I wanted to be my mother safe, protective, rational, calm without giving up all my anger, because my anger fueled me. Elissa Schappell, page 195