Badass Women's Book Tour - February 2020
I am thrilled to launch the first Badass Women’s Virtual Book Tour! The stories below will inspire, empower and entertain you! Thank you to these brave, badass women for sharing their experiences, advice and awesomeness with all of us!
Black Americans, especially black female Americans, are constantly undervalued and expected to act a certain way in the workplace. Despite her many contributions as an oceanographer and engineer to the federal government and government contractors, Joy Carter Minor has seen her work stolen, uncredited, and picked over. Through strength of character, strong will, and unfaltering faith, she has fought for a seat at the table despite the many obstacles placed in her way.
Forward From the Sea is her story, in her words, of the biases and systemic obstructions that keep black women from being able to reach their full potential in the federal government and secure their rightful place in history.
This book is for the fierce women out there who want it all and are defining whatever "having it all" means to them. It is a pocketbook reference for those of us who need an extra boost or a reminder of our badass selves. It's a wonderful gift for friends, a quick read for a gal on the go, or anyone who could use a dose of female empowerment. We are all in this together!
Carmen is at her wit’s end with her rebellious teenage daughter gone train wreck, and a workaholic husband who prefers Las Vegas hotels over family life. With a general disregard for women, Carmen has no desire for friendships or confidants, but after her father calls her home to say her final good-bye to her estranged mother, she inevitably finds herself drawn to rely on two women she’d rather avoid.Monica’s conniving mother-in-law has moved in for the summer with a mission to make Monica miserable. Janice’s condescending tongue and scornful eyes ridicule Monica’s inadequacies as a parent as well as her lack of domesticity, wreaking havoc on her sanity. Gabriella worked tirelessly designing and contracting the construction of her and Greg’s empty-nesters dream home, only to be blindsided on moving day by an ultrasound picture belonging to her husband and his mistress. When Greg begs and schemes to keep the baby a secret from their children, Gabby is tormented with whether to follow her head or her heart.
Three women, three personalities, three different phases of life. Multiple layers of real-life drama, deception, and betrayal lure them to each other, forming the glue that binds their friendship.
Caroline Johnson was an unlikely aviation candidate. A tall blonde debutante from Colorado, she could have just as easily gone into fashion or filmmaking, and yet she went on to become an F/A-18 Super Hornet Weapons System Officer. She was one of the first women to fly a combat mission over Iraq since 2011, and one of the first women to drop bombs on ISIS.
Jet Girl tells the remarkable story of the women fighting at the forefront in a military system that allows them to reach the highest peaks, and yet is in many respects still a fraternity. Johnson offers an insider’s view on the fascinating, thrilling, dangerous and, at times, glamorous world of being a naval aviator.
This is a coming-of age story about a young college-aged woman who draws strength from a tight knit group of friends, called the Jet Girls, and struggles with all the ordinary problems of life: love, work, catty housewives, father figures, make-up, wardrobe, not to mention being put into harm’s way daily with terrorist groups such as ISIS and world powers such as Russia and Iran.
Some of the most memorable parts of the book are about real life in training, in the air and in combat―how do you deal with having to pee in a cockpit the size of a bumper car going 600 miles an hour?
Not just a memoir, this book also aims to change the conversation and to inspire and attract the next generation of men and women who are tempted to explore a life of adventure and service.
We all do it. We toggle from text, to email, to Facebook, and back to text, all while working, helping a child with homework, or God forbid, driving. We can order clothes, pay bills, transfer funds, buy groceries, and pay a parking ticket in the time it takes to cook a bag of microwaved popcorn. These errands would have taken the better part of a day’s time not ten years ago. Where has it gotten us? Do we feel more accomplished? More productive? At peace with a mile-long to-do list we are able to check, check, check as we click, click, click? Research says, “No”, and we should be alarmed. Hung Up; Why You Should Put the Phone Down (and Other Life Advice) takes a fresh look at how smartphone addiction is affecting our children and us with candid and personal narrative intended to inspire change. The book is short (most can read in an hour) and includes a step-by-step guide for how we can better manage our phone habits. If you have ever felt like you were being pecked to death by the ping of your phone, this book is for you.
This is not your typical book on depression. This collection of poetry shares some of the unique emotions brought on by depression as well as the reactions of those who live with, love and treat the depressed.
There are many reasons for depression that have absolutely nothing to do with the depressed but with a society that expects people to contort their sensitivity, their emotional set point to accommodate bad behavior. This book speaks for those who can’t.
And for those who can’t speak up right now, know someday you will.
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