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Difficult Women

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Difficult Women by Roxane Gay is a powerful collection of short stories that delve into the complexities of modern women's lives. Each story explores themes of love, loss, identity, and resilience, showcasing a wide range of characters who navigate personal and societal challenges. Through these narratives, Gay provides a poignant and thought-provoking look at the diverse experiences of women.
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You might enjoy this collection if you appreciate stories that delve into the complexities of women's lives with depth and sincerity. The author presents vivid, diverse characters facing a variety of personal challenges, each narrative woven with wit and emotion. Perfect for readers who are drawn to themes of strength, vulnerability, and resilience.

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Difficult Women

A collection of stories of rare force and beauty, of hardscrabble lives, passionate loves, and quirky and vexed human connection from award-winning author and powerhouse talent Roxane Gay

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The women in these stories live lives of privilege and of poverty, are in marriages both loving and haunted by past crimes or emotional blackmail.

A pair of sisters, grown now, have been inseparable ever since they were abducted together as children, and must negotiate the elder sister's marriage. A woman married to a twin pretends not to realise when her husband and his brother impersonate each other.

A stripper putting herself through college fends off the advances of an overzealous customer. A black engineer moves to Upper Michigan for a job and faces the malign curiosity of her colleagues and the difficulty of leaving her past behind.

From a girls' fight club to a wealthy subdivision in Florida where neighbours conform, compete, and spy on each other, Gay delivers a wry, beautiful, haunting vision of modern America in Difficult Women.

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Difficult Women by Roxane Gay is lauded for its powerful and unique storytelling. The book offers a challenging and memorable collection of stories, noted for a touch of darkness. It stands out significantly, with the author's writing described as a powerhouse.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781472152770

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 January 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Corsair

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 369g

Pages: 272

About the Author

Roxane Gay is the author of An Untamed State, Bad Feminist and the story collection Ayiti. Her work has also appeared in Glamour, Best American Short Stories, and the New York Times Book Review. She is the co-editor of PANK.

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