Three Women

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The International No. 1 Bestseller
'Cuts to the heart of who we are' Sunday Times
'A book that begs discussion' Vanity Fair
All 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 is a record of unmet needs, unspoken thoughts, disappointments, hopes and unrelenting obsessions.
*The book Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Alexa Chung, Jodie Comer, Reese Witherspoon, Harry Styles, Fearne Cotton, Caitriona Balfe, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sharon Horgan, Zoe Ball, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Davina McCall, Gemma Chan, Christine and the Queens and Gillian Anderson are all reading*
'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 Statesman

The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller
The No. 1 New York Times Bestseller
Foyles Non-Fiction Book of the Year
A Stylist Book of the Decade
The Most-Picked Book of the Year of 2019

Ethnopsychology Human Sexuality Psychology Cultural & Social Social Science Anthropology Demography Gender Studies Human Sexuality Women's Studies

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354 printed pages

Publication year: 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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Критик Смирноваshared an impression3 years ago
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Сначала меня смущала вымученность, но потом я узнала, что автор - журналистка, и это многое объясняет. Недостаток художественности. Просто другой метод: между репортажем и книгой.

Особенно меня зацепила история Мэгги: даже взрослые сексуальные дети неприкосновенны; даже некрасивые женщины могут быть жертвами и заслуживают сочувствия и защиты.

Человеческому существу, к сожалению, приходится прорастать через тонны дерьма. И каждый справляется как может. То есть, чаще всего получается коцанным. А порой и вовсе инвалидом.

Для полной картины после этой книги хорошо бы прочитать «Мальчик - отец мужчины» Кона.
Просто чтобы понимать, что насилие - не гендерная проблема. Это повсеместный трэш.
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Svetlana Voroninashared an impression3 years ago
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Elinashared an impression3 years ago
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b1093378077has quoted4 years ago
We pretend to want things we don’t want so nobody can see us not getting what we need
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b1093378077has quoted4 years ago
sometimes we worry so much about what frightens us that we wait to have an orgasm until we are alone
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b1093378077has quoted4 years ago
it’s women, in many of the stories I’ve heard, who have greater hold over other women than men have. We can make each other feel dowdy, whorish, unclean, unloved, not beautiful. In the end, it all comes down to fear
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