The Feminist and the Cowboy, Alisa Valdes
The Feminist and the Cowboy, Alisa Valdes
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The Feminist and the Cowboy
An Unlikely Love Story

Author: Alisa Valdes

Narrator: Celeste Ciulla

Unabridged: 11 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/01/2013

Synopsis

Named among the 25 most influential Hispanics in the U.S. by Time, best-selling author Alisa Valdes has also been hailed as one of the top feminist writers by Ms. Magazine. In her engrossing memoir The Feminist and the Cowboy, Valdes reveals how falling in love with a conservative cowboy forced her to rethink the feminist beliefs she's always held dear.

About Alisa Valdes

Alisa Valdes is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of many novels. Published in eleven languages and with more than one million books in print, Alisa was named one of the 25 Most Influential Hispanics in the United States by Time magazine; Latina magazine named her a Woman of the Year; Entertainment Weekly hailed her as a Breakout Literary Star; and Hispanic Business magazine has twice named her among the 100 Most Influential people in the nation. Alisa is a former staff writer for the Boston Globe and the Los Angeles Times, and holds a master’s in journalism from Columbia University. Alisa is also a screenwriter and TV and film producer, and a playwright and composer with a bachelor’s from Berklee College of Music.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Heather K (dentist in my spare time) on October 19, 2012

2.5 stars I'm being generous. This review may contain mild spoilers. ::Sigh:: I won this book on a Goodreads giveaway and I had very high hopes. First of all, I love memoirs. Second of all, I adore love stories! Based on the title "The Feminist and the Cowboy, an Unlikely Love Story," I was wringing m......more

Goodreads review by Simply Love Book Reviews on January 10, 2013

Kitty's review posted on Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews 4 Stars Well, this is a first. Maybe not for the Guilty Pleasures Blog, but definitely for me. I normally will not read any kind of autobiography mainly because I really don’t want to read about other people’s problems or hear how wonderful their......more

Goodreads review by Johnny on January 31, 2013

Alisa Valdes' first memoir "The Feminist and the Cowboy" was a wild fun ride of a read, though at times a little bumpy. Unlike her previous novels, Valdes serves as the subject exploring how feminist ideals have influenced her life in positive and yet destructive ways. This journey of introspection c......more

Goodreads review by Lindsey on November 30, 2012

I won this book through goodreads and it is a yet to be released book. There were things I really liked about this book and that really resonated with me, but there were things that also made me deeply uncomfortable. I consider myself a feminist. I believe in the equality of women, while at the same......more

Goodreads review by MelAnnD on January 15, 2013

I won this book on a Goodreads giveaway. Memoir's are not my usual genre of reading. I read all kinds of different genres, so i thought i would give it a chance. I love cowboys and romances, so based on the title "The Feminist and the Cowboy, an Unlikely Likely Love Story" I was so excited to get st......more

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