The Female Persuasion
- Author Meg Wolitzer
- Narrator Rebecca Lowman
- Publisher Random House
- Publish Date 1 January 1970
- Run Time 14 hours and 50 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Feminism and feminist theory, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Social issues, Society and Social Sciences.
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer, read by Rebecca Lowman.
‘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.
** The New York Times Bestseller **
** BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime **
'The wit, intelligence and deep feeling of Wolitzer's writing are extraordinary' Jeffrey Eugenides
Critics Review
The Female Persuasion has gone straight into my library of favourite novels ever, on a shelf next to David Copperfield, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Lonesome Dove, and Love in a Time of Cholera
‘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
The Female Persuasion is wonderfully dense and wise, a page-turner that succeeds both at character and ideas. It felt true to life
Deft and funny…trenchant, clever, displaying a pitch-perfect recollection of the idealism of early adulthood and what life subsequently does to undo it
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?
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
No novelist I can think of has majored on the group portrait with quite such verve, wit and sympathy as Meg Wolitzer
Wolitzer is an astute observe of cultural nuance, particularly around gender and inequality
Wolitzer is an irresistibly charming novelist, a keen, affectionate examiner of society
An ambitious overview of the women’s movement…her writing is peppered with wit and her send-up of various sacred cows is often funny
| Author | Meg Wolitzer |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Rebecca Lowman |
| Duration | 14 hours and 50 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781473563728 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Genre | Feminism and feminist theory, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Social issues, Society and Social Sciences |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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