"Life and Other Shortcomings" by Corie Adjmi

Downers Grove IL

17 December, 2021

6:46 AM

Description

Corie Adjmi, award-winning author and women's empowerment advocate, harnesses the power and relatability of storytelling to help empower women in all areas of life in her multi-award-winning book, Life and Other Shortcomings. This book illustrates the stories of 12 women, all on a different path in life, with one common overarching theme: the beauty, honesty and compelling nature of the female experience and what it means to be a woman. Through each character's intimate journey, specific truths are revealed about what it means to be a woman—in a relationship with another person, in a particular culture and era—and how these conditions ultimately affect her relationship with herself. The stories as a whole depict patriarchy, showing what still might be, but certainly what was, for some women in this country before the #MeToo movement. Recently featured and reviewed by the Jewish Book Council, and featured in Parade's "20 Classic and New Books About Feminism That Will Get You Thinking and Talking" roundup, Life and Other Shortcomings is the perfect gift for any book lover! Life and Other Shortcomings recently took the gold in the 2021 Independent Book Publishers Association's Ben Franklin Award in Cover Design in the small format, fiction category and is also a 2021 International Books Award Winner in the Fiction: Short Story category!Corie Adjmi and "Life and Other Shortcomings" are the recipients of multiple awards, including: 2020 American Fiction Award Winner2020 Best Books Winning-Finalist 2021 IBPA: Ben Franklin Award Winner 2021 International Books Award WinnerJewish Book Council August 2021 Pick