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By Diane von Furstenberg

I have loved and devoured books ever since I can remember. Books are the essence of learning, experiencing, feeling. 

 

This International Women’s Day, as we celebrate the publication of my new book, Own It: The Secret to Life, I am excited to share my recommended reading by women who each embody the spirit of OWN IT.

 

To OWN IT is to accept the truth and deal with it, however unpleasant it may be. It is accepting and standing for who we are. We own our imperfections, they become our assets; we own our vulnerability, it becomes our strength. Whatever the challenge is, own it. Owning it is the first step to everything.

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Own It

Diane Furstenberg 

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$14.95

$13.90

My manifesto for personal growth

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The Hill We Climb

Amanda Gorman, 

Oprah Winfrey 

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$15.99

$14.87

A message of unity and collaboration

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Caste

Isabel Wilkerson 

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$32.00

$29.76

Such good writing ...detached and so deep at the same time

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Educated

Tara Westover 

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$30.00

$27.90

Truthful and candid

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My Life on the Road

Gloria Steinem 

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$19.00

$17.67

Inspiring, happy

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To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee 

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$16.99

$15.80

Classic, timeless

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My Brilliant Friend

Elena Ferrante, 

MS Ann Goldstein 

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$19.00

$17.67

Great storytelling

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The House of the Spirits

Isabel Allende 

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$18.99

$17.66

Timeless

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The Lover

Marguerite Duras 

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$15.00

$13.95

Classic

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Memoirs of Hadrian

Marguerite Yourcenar, 

Grace Frick 

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$19.00

$17.67

A must

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The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion 

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$18.00

$16.74

Reads like a symphony

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Beloved

Toni Morrison 

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$17.00

$15.81

Classic

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Annie Leibovitz at Work

Annie Leibovitz 

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$49.95

$46.45

A fascinating account

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Great Women Artists

Phaidon Editors, 

Rebecca Morrill 

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$69.95

$65.05

500 years of great art