With the help from his loving and observant family, a little boy gets a birthday present that gives him the confidence to be himself and let his hair down.

Set in medieval times, this coming-of-age story follows Scholastica, or "Tick," as she sets out to prove to her father that she deserves to be his candle-making apprentice despite being forbidden from helping because she's a girl.

According to Confucius, “an educated woman is a worthless woman,” but Tan Yunxian—born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separations, and loneliness—is being raised by her grandparents to be of use. Her grandmother is one of only a handful of female doctors in China, and she teaches Yunxian the pillars of Chinese medicine, the Four Examinations—looking, listening, touching, and asking—something a man can never do with a female...

"From The Lady's Guide to Swampshire, Volume 1: Acceptable topics of conversation: The weather, hats. Unacceptable topics of conversation: Gossip, France, missing person cases. Feisty, passionate Beatrice Steele has never fit the definition of a true lady, according to the strict code of conduct that reigns in Swampshire, her small English township--she is terrible at needlework, has no musical ability, and her artwork is so bad it frightens people....

"Elizabeth Zott es madre soltera y renuente estrella del programa de cocina de television mas seguido de Estados Unidos. El enfoque inusual de Elizabeth para cocinar, combinar una cucharada de acido acetico con una pizca de cloruro de sodio, resulta revolucionario. Sin embargo, a medida que su exito aumenta lo hacen tambien sus enemigos, porque Elizabeth no solo esta ensenando a las mujeres a cocinar sino tambien desafiandolas a alterar el orden establecido....