Seal Press imprint: 263 books
Women Behind Bars
The Crisis of Women in the U.S. Prison System
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2007
More and more women-mothers, grandmothers, wives, daughters, and sisters-are doing hard prison time all across the United States. Many of them are facing the prospect of years, decades, even lifetimes behind bars. Oddly, there’s been little public discussion about the dramatic increase of women...
Raising the Transgender Child
A Complete Guide for Parents, Families, and Caregivers
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016
Written by top experts in the field, Raising the Transgender Child offers much-needed answers to all the questions parents and other adults ask about raising and caring for transgender and gender diverse children: Is this just a phase? Did I do something to cause this? How do we protect these children?...
The Good Mother Myth
Redefining Motherhood to Fit Reality
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
In an era of mommy blogs, Pinterest, and Facebook, The Good Mother Myth dismantles the social mediafed notion of what it means to be a good mother.” This collection of essays takes a realistic look at motherhood and provides a platform for real voices and raw stories, each adding to the narrative...
The Maternal Is Political
Women Writers at the Intersection of Motherhood and Social Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2008
Exploring the vital connection between motherhood and social change, The Maternal Is Political features more than 40 powerful, hard-hitting literary essays by women who are striving to make the world a better place for children and families - both their own and other women’s - in this country and...
You Can Be Free
An Easy-to-Read Handbook for Abused Women
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
If you are a woman being hurt by someone you love, this book is for you. It can help you understand your situation and find ways to change it. This indispensable guide offers straightforward, sensible information on how to establish a safety plan for you and your children, as well as advice on how...
Beyond Belief
The Secret Lives of Women in Extreme Religions
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Beyond Belief addresses what happens when women of extreme religions decide to walk away. Editors Susan Tive (a former Orthodox Jew) and Cami Ostman (a de-converted fundamentalist born-again Christian) have compiled a collection of powerful personal stories written by women of varying ages, races,...
She Bets Her Life
A True Story of Gambling Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
What sets She Bets Her Life apart is Mary Sojourner's ability to take both an objective and a deeply personal look at the psychological and physiological impact of gambling addiction on women. Having lived it, Sojourner is brutally forthcoming, and with her penchant for research and fact-finding,...
Running: A Love Story
10 Years, 5 Marathons, and 1 Life-Changing Sport
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
Jen Miller has fallen in and out of love, but no man has been there for her the way running has.
In Running: A Love Story, Jen tells the story of her lifelong relationship with running with wit, thoughtfulness, and brutal honesty. Jen first laces up her sneakers in high school, when, like many...
Breathless
An American Girl in Paris
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
In the early 1960s, most middle-class American women in their twenties had their lives laid out for them: marriage, children, and life in the suburbs. Most, but not all.
Breathless is the story of a girl who represents those who rebelled against conventional expectations. Paris was a magnet...
Free Fall
A Late-in-Life Love Affair
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
At 55, Rae Padilla Francoeur had no idea that the most deeply fulfilling sexual relationship she'd ever encounter was still to come.
In her memoir, Free Fall, Francoeur discloses her discovery of a new love after nearly two decades in a relationship that won't end, despite her need and desire...
by Shanti Sosienski
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2010
Women run for all kinds of reasons. We run for health, to ease tension, for strength, to challenge ourselves, to be social with friends, as professional athletes or the dream of being one, to turn our minds on, and to turn them off. Whether running a marathon, taking a quick jog around the neighborhood,...
Here's the Plan.
Your Practical, Tactical Guide to Advancing Your Career During Pregnancy and Parenthood
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
For many women in their 20's and 30's, the greatest professional hurdle they'll need to overcome has little to do with their work life. The most focused, confident, and ambitious women can find themselves derailed by a tiny little thing: a new baby. While more workplaces are espousing family-friendly...
Girldrive
Criss-Crossing America, Redefining Feminism
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2009
What do young women care about? What are their hopes, worries, and ambitions? Have they heard of feminism, and do they relate to it?
These are just a few of the questions journalist Nona Willis Aronowitz and photographer Emma Bee Bernstein set out to answer in Girldrive. In October 2007, Aronowitz...
Better than Perfect
7 Strategies to Crush Your Inner Critic and Create a Life You Love
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
From Shaquille O'Neal's "head coach for happiness," a proven, powerful method for shaking the chains of perfectionism to live a happier, healthier life
Perfectionists exist in every walk of life. While outwardly they appear to be very accomplished, they are often unhappy and unfulfilled....