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The Female Persuasion

The Female Persuasion

by Meg Wolitzer (Author), Meg Wolitzer (Author)

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    Paperback 2018

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Synopsis

** The New York Times Bestseller ** 'The wit, intelligence and deep feeling of Wolitzer's writing are extraordinary.' Jeffrey Eugenides `Greer didn't really know why Faith took an interest. But what she knew for sure, eventually, was that meeting Faith Frank was the thrilling beginning of everything. It would be a very long time before the unspeakable end.' Greer Kadetsky is a shy college student when she meets the woman who will shape her life. Faith Frank, dazzlingly persuasive and elegant, has been a pillar of the women's movement for decades, a figure who inspires others. Hearing Faith speak for the first time, in a crowded campus chapel, Greer - misunderstood yet full of longing for an ambition that she can't quite place - feels herself changed. And then, astonishingly, Faith invites her to make something out of this new sense of purpose, with a career opportunity that leads her down the most exciting and rewarding path as it winds towards and away from her meant-to-be love story with high school sweetheart Cory and the future she had always imagined. Expansive and wise, compassionate and witty, The Female Persuasion is about the spark we all believe is flickering inside us, waiting to be seen and fanned by the right person at the right time, and the desire within all of us to be pulled into the light.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 464
 Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Published: 07 Jun 2018
ISBN 10: 1784742376
ISBN 13: 9781784742379
Book Overview: From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Interestings ('one of America's most ingenious and important writers' Sunday Telegraph), a big, warm and immersive novel about ambition, power, women, friendship and finding your place in the world

Media Reviews
'The novel's timeliness cannot be understated...tight but inclusive, and deserves to be placed on shelves alongside such ornate modern novels beginning in college as A Little Life, The Secret History and The Marriage Plot... But when all is said and done, Wolitzer is an infinitely capable creator of human identities that are as real as the type on this page, and her love of her characters shines more brightly than any agenda -- Lena Dunham * New York Times Book Review *
Deft and funny...trenchant, clever, displaying a pitch-perfect recollection of the idealism of early adulthood and what life subsequently does to undo it -- Emma Brockes * Guardian *
sympathetically satirises this complicated landscape of contemporary feminism...warm and witty, and necessary...With affection and generosity, Wolitzer exposes the limits of power through a handful of well-meant lives and she leaves us uneasy. The sense that we may have smashed a glass ceiling, but now are standing in the shards, discreetly bleeding -- Eva Wiseman * Observer *
From the very first page of any novel by Meg Wolitzer, you feel in safe hands. She is skilful and confident...she is exceptionally gifted in the neglected craft of plotting...like a modern-day Edith Wharton, she has an instinctive understanding that tragedy and comedy are different sides of the same coin... How could you fail to love such a writer? -- Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday *
Wolitzer is an astute observe of cultural nuance, particularly around gender and inequality -- Lucy Atkins * Sunday Times *
Author Bio
Meg Wolitzer is the author of several acclaimed novels, including The Uncoupling (`tingles with playfulness and wicked observation' Independent), The Wife (`has you howling with recognition' Allison Pearson), The Position (`one of the best and most human books I've read all year' Erica Wagner) and The Ten-Year Nap (`as incisive and pitiless and clear-eyed a chronicler of female-male tandems as Philip Roth or John Updike' Chicago Tribune). Most recently, The Interestings was a New York Times bestseller. She lives in New York City.