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"I&amp;#039;d like to find nonfiction books about brave women for my book club and wonder if you can recommend some good ones. Ellen responds: Start with Savage Summit, by Jennifer Jordan. Her book \u2011- out in paperback in January 2006 \u2011- looks at the five women who first scaled the formidable K2, one of the tallest peaks in the Himalayas. What&amp;#039;s most interesting to me about the book is how the personal lives of these pioneering women play counterpoint to their accomplishments on the mountain. This book would give your club a lot to discuss.  Another option along these lines is Arlene Blum&amp;#039;s memoir, Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life, which covers her journey from an unsettled childhood to trailblazing female mountain climber to becoming a mother for the first time at 41. A shorter book about female heroism that focuses on the feat itself is Maud Fontenoy&amp;#039;s Across the Savage Sea: The First Woman to Row Across the North Atlantic. A sense of the courage her feat required is summed up in a comment from the first man to row alone across the Pacific, Gerard d&amp;#039;Aboville: &amp;quot;Maud,&amp;quot; he said, &amp;quot;the only thing you&amp;#039;ll be able to choose is the weather on the day you sail.&amp;quot; A different kind of story that also involves physical risks is She&amp;#039;s Got Next: A Story of Getting In, Staying Open, and Taking a Shot, by Melissa King. An amateur basketball player, King learned how to navigate the court with agility and good sense. Her perspective on the game of life makes this book an ideal discussion topic for women who love sports. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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