The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer
(Format used for this read: Audiobook)
The older I get, the more I enjoy books that make me think and engage my brain in new thought patterns…. but yet also entertain me.
This was one of those.
Here is a summary:
“From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Interestings, comes an electric novel not just about who we want to be with, but who we want to be.
To be admired by someone we admire—we all yearn for this: the private, electrifying pleasure of being singled out by someone of esteem. But sometimes it can also mean entry to a new kind of life, a bigger world.
Greer Kadetsky is a shy college freshman when she meets the woman she hopes will change her life. Faith Frank, dazzlingly persuasive and elegant at sixty-three, has been a central pillar of the women’s movement for decades, a figure who inspires others to influence the world. Upon hearing Faith speak for the first time, Greer—madly in love with her boyfriend, Cory, but still full of longing for an ambition that she can’t quite place—feels her inner world light up. And then, astonishingly, Faith invites Greer to make something out of that sense of purpose, leading Greer down the most exciting path of her life as it winds toward and away from her meant-to-be love story with Cory and the future she’d always imagined.
Charming and wise, knowing and witty, Meg Wolitzer delivers a novel about power and influence, ego and loyalty, womanhood and ambition. At its heart, The Female Persuasion is about the flame we all believe is flickering inside of us, waiting to be seen and fanned by the right person at the right time. It’s a story about the people who guide and the people who follow (and how those roles evolve over time), and the desire within all of us to be pulled into the light.”
I read the book “The Interestings” by this author awhile ago and really enjoyed it…
This book was good but not AS good as that one.
In these pages, you see various stories of people uncovering themselves, discovering what is important to them, and figuring out what they can contribute to the world.
The author addresses the question “what does it mean to be a woman in this world” from many different angles and perspectives involving various issues.
The societal expectations and limitations of womanhood are dissected and we see how these things affect not only self perception and self acceptance but also relationships with friends, lovers and work colleagues.
There was a lot of issues tackled here and I think maybe the author tried to cram too many in.
Other than that I liked this book.
Not my most fave read lately but I did enjoy it.
And it made my brain engage which is always important to me.