""You Are A Beautiful Angel Sent From God"" is a compelling story of resilience of the spirit. It is the story of a little girl who has a young life filled with trauma and abuse. It is the story of a young woman who launches a career in nursing and discovers new depths of compassion and caring. It is the story of a young family who moves to Alaska and finds their faith, opening their home to foster children and to care for little ones in need. It is the story of earthly angels who help them through troubled times. Finally, it is the story of memories lost and memories found. At age 62, one...

Feminist theory has grown into a vast field. Feminist writers, thinkers, and activists have produced an often bewildering body of knowledge concerned with difference and diversity, identity and inequality, ethnicity, race, and class, as well as gender. Despite its growing influence, however, no single comprehensive text encompasses the past, present, and future of feminist theory.

Contemporary Feminist Theories was inspired by a dissatisfaction with existing introductions, which often fail to fully track change and capture diversity within feminist thought. The volume draws...