What Women Want

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From a young bride-to-be struggling to accept her sexuality, to a mother grappling with questions of identity and belonging, and a pensioner falling in love for the first time, What Women Want is an enthralling and deeply intimate examination of womanhood.

With empathy and bravery, psychotherapist Maxine Mei-Fung Chung delves into what makes us who we are. Through her conversations with her patients, she lays bare our fears, our secrets, our wants, and ultimately, our capacity for healing.

To desire is an action. This extraordinary book liberates and empowers us to claim what we truly want.

'Full of wisdom and insight ... I cannot recommend it enough' Julia Samuel

'Brilliant' Katy Hessel

'Fascinating ... a valuable contribution to a wider debate about how women are permitted to own and express their desires' Guardian

© Maxine Mei-Fung Chung 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023

Critics Review

This début from a leading psychotherapist is an enthralling, intersectional investigation of female desire

Caroline Sanderson, The Bookseller

I couldn’t stop thinking about these women’s stories. The best book on female desire and longing since Three Women

Abigail Bergstrom, author of What a Shame

Maxine’s book is insightful, tender and brilliant. I am enraptured by these women’s stories.

Katy Hessel, Sunday Times Bestselling author of The Story of Art without Men

A rich and intimate examination of female desire, Maxine’s book is full of wisdom and insight. I cannot recommend it enough

Julia Samuel

A compelling read

Sally Huband

Brave, deeply honest, and beautifully written, What Women Want makes the personal universal.

Joanna Briscoe

A call to arms […] This is a gripping debut that is searing in its honesty and vulnerability […] Exploring trauma, gender, sexuality and mental health, the insight on female desire is so thought-provoking, the stories dealt with in a captivating and gentle way. Read it.

Glamour

Fascinating […] Makes a valuable contribution to a wider debate about how women are permitted to own and express their desires in a patriarchal culture that still prefers us quiet and non-disruptive.

Observer

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