Based on the true story of Grace Marks, a 16-year-old Canadian housekeeper who was accused in 1843 for the murder of her employer and his mistress. A 1996 Booker Prize Nominee. Salon Magazine Best Fiction of 1997. Premio Mondello 1997. The Giller Prize 1996.

When Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons existed together, the orphaned Ayla is adopted by the Clan of the Cave Bear. Her story continues in, The Valley of the Horses, The Mammoth Hunters, and The Plains of Passage.

The women of King Arthur's legend come alive in the mists of Avalon.

Joan disguised herself as a boy when she was a young girl in 814 so she would be allowed to study and learn. Eventually, according to legend, she became Pope.

The story of a small German town during the two World Wars seen through the eyes of Trudi Montag, the town's dwarf librarian.

The French Revolution is seen her through the eyes of several of its key players. Piercy highlights the women who were involved in this turbulent time.

World War Two through the eyes of ten beautifully developed characters, both women and men.

Lidie Newton travels to the Kansas Territory in the 1850's where she becomes involved in the struggle between abolitionists and pro-slavery folks that is the prequel to the civil war. After violence invades her intimate life, Lidie cuts her hair and travels as a man through enemy territory in search of revenge.

Winnie, a Chinese immigrant, and her daughter, Pearl, begin to reveal family secrets to each other. Winnie's story includes a beautiful narrative about her experience of the cultural revolution in China.

An epic novel about the life of Sacajawea, the American Indian woman who was a guide to Lewis and Clark.