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Three Women by Lisa Taddeo explores the intimate lives and emotional struggles of three women—Lina, Maggie, and Sloane. Lina longs to be desired but finds herself in a marriage lacking touch. Maggie yearns to be understood, navigating a fraught relationship and public condemnation. Sloane seeks admiration, becoming an object of desire within her complex marital dynamics. This compelling narrative delves into unmet needs, unspoken thoughts, and relentless obsessions, revealing the complexities of female desire and identity.
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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

British Book Awards Non-Fiction Narrative Book of the Year 2020

Foyles Non-Fiction Book of the Year

A Stylist Book of the Decade

The Most-Picked Book of the Year of 2019

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526611659

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 July 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Circus

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 478g

Pages: 320

About the Author

Lisa Taddeo spent eight years and thousands of hours tracking the women whose stories comprise Three Women, moving to the towns they lived in to better understand their lives. She has contributed to New York magazine, Esquire, Elle, Glamour and many other publications. Her short stories have won two Pushcart Prizes. She lives with her husband and daughter in New England.

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