Three Women: A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick

ISBN-13: 9781526611642 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 416 str.

Lisa Taddeo

Opis

The phenomenal bestselling sensation, Three Women is the book that changed how we think about desire.

The International No. 1 Bestseller'Cuts to the heart of who we are. I'm not sure that a book can do much more' Sunday TimesAll Lina wanted was to be desired. How did she end up in a marriage with two children and a husband who wouldn't touch her?All Maggie wanted was to be understood. How did she end up in a relationship with her teacher and then in court, a hated pariah in her small town?All Sloane wanted was to be admired. How did she end up a sexual object of men, including her husband, who liked to watch her have sex with other men and women?Three Women, which was nearly a decade in the making, is a staggering work of non-fiction for our times.'I will probably re-read it every year of my life' Caitlin Moran'Will have millions nodding in recognition' The Times'As gripping as the most gripping thriller' Marian Keyes'When I picked it up, I felt I'd been waiting half my life to read it' Observer'The kind of bold, timely, once-in-a-generation book that every house should have a copy of, and probably will before too long' New StatesmanThe No. 1 Sunday Times BestsellerThe No. 1 New York Times BestsellerFoyles Non-Fiction Book of the YearA Stylist Book of the DecadeThe Most-Picked Book of the Year of 2019

Recenzje

The most important book I've read this decade, and possibly ever Books of the Decade Stylist

O autorze

Taddeo, LisaLisa Taddeo spent eight years and thousands of hours tracking the women whose stories comprise Three Women, moving to the towns they lived in to better understand their lives. She has contributed to New York magazine, Esquire, Elle, Glamour and many other publications. Her short stories have won two Pushcart Prizes. She lives with her husband and daughter in New England.