![]() ![]() Using her own life as a case study, Roiphe dives into everyday quandaries, including why we stay in destructive relationships, the quest for likability, the difficulty of asking for raises, and the dangers of being perceived as a strong woman. In each entry, Roiphe takes up a problem of power, asking questions like, “Why does a writer as flagrantly self-assured as Mary McCarthy have to ask her husband for a nickel to make a telephone call?” “Why can’t Sylvia Plath get past the idea that her entire being hangs on one man, as her American psychiatrist put it?” ![]() In a series of notebook entries, Roiphe weaves her personal experiences of divorce, single motherhood, and relationships with insights into the lives and loves of famous writers such as Sylvia Plath and Simone de Beauvoir. Critical and cultural lightning rod Katie Roiphe shares a timely blend of memoir, feminist investigation, and exploration of famous female writers’ lives in this bold, essential work. ![]()
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