Wicker Park Press - Publishers of Thought Provoking Books

Published November 2002

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AMAZON GIRLS HANDBOOK
By Becky Thacker, aka "Pathfinder"
Illustrations by
Anne Leuck Feldhaus

SOFTCOVER: 133 pp; 8.00" x 5.00"

PRICE: $13.95 (CAN $32.00)

ISBN: 0-89733-508-2

PUBLISHED: November 2002

When a Tomboy stomps up to Amazon Girl she will begin to earn badges and to select a path (Warrior or Mistress). Supremely dedicated Amazon Girls may aspire to the ranks of Matriarch or even Goddess.

For the less organizationally inclined, the handbook supplies suggestions for activities to build character (or not!), organize outings, improve home life, think about spirituality, support community, learn new skills or have fun, inexpensively.

First, you'll read this book because it's funny. Then you'll pick it up again because it has such good ideas. Then you'll write your name on the inside cover and carry it around with you. This is a book to become dog-eared and written in.

Amazon Girls Handbook is a humorous self-help book and a guide for enhancing life. While the focus is on lesbians, everyone can benefit from its ideas and guidelines.

Reviews:

"If there were more books like this, I'd work harder on my reading badge." — Kate Clinton

"Can you make a pair of Birkenstocks outlast a long-term relationship? Have you upholstered your car seat in dog hair? Are you a master of the cuisine known as potluck? Are you on a women's softball team? Now, thanks to Amazon Girls Handbook you can actually earn badges for these things! Help preserve the time-honored lesbian way of life and become an Amazon Girl today!" — Kris Kleindeinst, co-owner of Left Bank Books

"Truly inspires a reader to go scouting… " — Chicago Free Press

"If all the dykes in the world were really just a gigantic group like the Girl Scouts, this would be their handbook. Quite literally." — Gay City News, NYC

"This is a whimsical and hilarious handbook for all older lesbian folk…" — She Magazine, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

"…the book is light, entertaining reading, complete with instructions for forming your own 'tribe.' Thin mint, anyone?" — The Letter, Louisville, KY

"Serves as an etiquette guide of sorts for out and proud lesbians…" — Publishers Weekly

"Thacker is rallying the troops!" — Weird Sisters, Ft. Collins, CO

"Hey lesbians, here's a self-help guide for enhancing your life, both indoors and outdoors, partnered or no… whether you're a lipstick lesbian, a diesel dyke or somewhere in between, this is your wo-manual." — Stonewall News Northwest, Spokane, WA