num_pages: 304
description: An inspiring collection of essays from a wide range of notable women, on the experience of being female. Sixty-seven original essays from celebrities and writers, including Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet, J.K. Rowling, Julia Stiles, Maya Angelou, Kate Spade, Helen Hunt, Zane, Patti LaBelle, Joyce Carol Oates, Lily Tomlin, and many more. Subjects covered include everything from how it felt for Vanessa Williams to be stripped of her Miss America crown to Meryl Streep's definition of real freedom. The essays are funny, poignant, indignant, nostalgic, and powerfully female.Contributors include:Taina Bien AimeMaya AngelouLisa BernhardSylvia BoorsteinCarol Moseley BraunHelen Gurley BrownCarol ChanningGloria FeldtJyl Lynn FelmanSally FisherAnne GlauberCarole L. GlickfeldLynn GoldsmithLisa Gay HamiltonKitty Carlisle HartEsther HautzigEva HoffmanHelen HuntJanis IanMa JayaRegina KingPatti LaBelleSuzanne MalveauxMargaret Hilary MarshallMarlee MatlinRue McClanahanMartha McPheeEnrique MercadoKate MichelmanLesléa NewmanJoyce Carol OatesTawni O'DellTatum O'NealSuze OrmanJ.K. RowlingRuth Knafo SettonBrooke ShieldsMaria ShriverJamie Lynn SiglerBeverly SillsEsta SolerSuzanne SomersKate SpadeSusan StambergJulia StilesMeryl StreepLuisah TeishLily TomlinNina TotenbergLillian VernonCora WeissVanessa WilliamsKate WinsletJudy WoodruffJudy Martin Zane
language: English
title: Becoming Myself: Reflections on Growing Up Female
titlecomplete: Becoming Myself: Reflections on Growing Up Female
genres: Short Stories, Memoir, Anthologies, Nonfiction, Womens, Essays, Feminism, Autobiography, Self Help, Gender Studies
ratings_count: 160
publisher: Hachette Books