Holiday
Gift Guide
2020
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Dear Friends of Women & Children First, |
Holiday gifting season has arrived a little early this year! Given the many hurdles ahead of us--global pandemic, a paper shortage, delays in shipping-- we want to do all we can to make your holiday season as safe and easy as possible. So, this year, we've put together a gift guide that includes many of the sure bets of the season as well as a few lesser-known gems. We encourage all of you to shop womenandchildrenfirst.com anytime and to place your orders and preorders now!
For everyone's safety, we are not gift wrapping in-store purchases this year, but if you'd like something wrapped, just order online and write "gift wrap please" in the comments box at checkout. We offer priority shipping to anywhere in the U.S. and curbside pickup on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
We hope you're able to find something for everyone on your list!
With gratitude & love,
W&CF
Chicago's Feminist Bookstore
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Our Gift Picks for Fiction |
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The striking fourth installment in the Gilead series from Pulitzer Prize winner Marilynne Robinson.
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A tour de force that includes two train-hopping brothers and real-life labor activist Elizabeth Gurley Flynn in early 20th century Seattle.
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Set in Nigeria, a nuanced, achingly beautiful exploration of queer and trans identity told through a mourners' chorus of family, friends, and lovers. |
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An electric debut novel set against the twilight of the American gold rush, two siblings are on the run in an unforgiving landscape—trying not just to survive but to find a home. |
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This riveting National Book Award finalist set in contemporary India follows a group of disparate characters connected by catastrophe and a corrupt system. |
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Every great city has a soul. Some are as ancient as myths; others are as new and destructive as children. Discover the first book in three-time Hugo Award winning author N. K. Jemisin's
Great Cities trilogy.
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One of the most anticipated novels of the year introduces Benson and Mike, two young guys living together in Houston and grappling with the many strange forms that family can take and the limitations of love. |
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In this twist on classic gothic horror, Noemi leaves her glamorous life as a socialite in Mexico City to rescue her beloved cousin from "High Place," an isolated mansion full of treachery and secrets. |
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Bestselling mystery author Tana French delivers a suspenseful standalone that follows a Chicago cop who is hounded by danger even after retiring to a seemingly quiet Irish village.
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Our Gift Picks for Nonfiction |
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In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable rise to the presidency.
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Artist and author Riva Lehrer chronicles her life as a queer, disabled artist through her relationships with family, friends, and the subjects of her portraits, which are incorporated throughout this powerful memoir.
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Local author Eula Biss turns her razor sharp eye on capitalism in these short essays that Maggie Nelson describes as
"a series of mic drops."
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For the first time in seven years, Allie Brosh—beloved author and artist of the extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller Hyperbole and a Half—returns with a new collection of comedic, autobiographical, and illustrated essays.
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The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America.
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Shit, Actually is a love letter and a break-up note all in one: to the films that shaped us and the ones that ruined us.
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Our Gift Picks for Young Adults |
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Three cousins receive letters from their estranged, rich grandmother inviting them to work on her island and pulling them into their family's mysterious past.
Age 14 & Up
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A mesmerizing novel in verse that offers a searing indictment of systemic racism.
Age 14 & Up
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The award–winning author of We Are Okay, delivers an emotionally taught ghost story.
Age 14 & Up
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Our Gift Picks for Middle Grade Readers |
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Nnedi Okorafor's acclaimed first novel for middle grade readers introduces a boy who can access super powers with the help of the magical Ikenga.
Age 10 & Up
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This goofy graphic novel follows the super spy alligator duo the InvestiGators as they travel through the sewers and fight evil.
Ages 7 to 10
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Julian meets a new friend at a wedding celebration, rendered in strikingly joyful illustrations.
Ages 4 to 8
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A heart-lifting picture book for Black and Brown children everywhere!
Ages 4 to 8
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Our Gift Picks for Cookbooks |
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The New York Times-bestselling author of Plenty teams up with Ottolenghi Test Kitchen’s Ixta Belfrage to reveal how flavor is created and amplified through 100+ super-delicious, plant-based recipes.
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In her first cookbook, Bon Appétit star Claire Saffitz is a baking hero for a new generation. In Dessert Person, fans will find Claire’s signature spin on sweet and savory recipes.
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Our Gift Picks for Poetry |
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Chicago poet Nate Marshall offers sharp, lyrical poems celebrating the Black vernacular—its influence on pop culture, its necessity for familial survival, its rite in storytelling and in creating the safety found only within its intimacy.
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Krista Franklin draws on Pan African histories, Black Surrealism, Afrofuturism, pop culture, art history, and the historical and present-day micro-to-macro violence inflicted upon Black people and other people of color, working to forge imaginative spaces for radical possibilities and visions of liberation.
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This smart romp follows plus-size fashion blogger Bea as the new star of a hit reality dating show. In her quest for love, Bea confronts primetime TV's shameful lack of body diversity and her own insecurities. |
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Just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together this urgent, galvanizing collection of contemporary essays by disabled people. |
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Looking to purchase books in bulk as gifts for your organization? We can help! See our frequently asked questions HERE!
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