How to Be a Woman

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The book that launched a feminist revolution--the hilarious memoir/manifesto from Caitlin Moran, "the UK''s answer to Tina Fey, Chelsea Handler, and Lena Dunham all rolled into one" ( Marie Claire ). Though they have the vote and the Pill and haven''t been burned as witches since 1727, life isn''t exactly a stroll down the catwalk for modern women. They are beset by uncertainties and questions: Why are they supposed to get Brazilians? Why do bras hurt? Why the incessant talk about babies? And do men secretly hate them? Caitlin Moran interweaves provocative observations on women''s lives with laugh-out-loud funny scenes from her own, from the riot of adolescence to her development as a writer, wife, and mother. With rapier wit, Moran slices right to the truth--whether it''s about the workplace, strip clubs, love, fat, abortion, popular entertainment, or children--to jump-start a new conversation about feminism. With humor, insight, and verve, How to Be a Woman lays bare the reasons why female rights and empowerment are essential issues not only for women today but also for society itself.

About the author

Caitlin Moran’s debut book, How to Be a Woman, was an instant New York Times bestseller, with more than one million copies distributed worldwide. Her first novel, How to Build a Girl, received widespread acclaim, and she adapted it into a major motion picture starring Beanie Feldstein and Emma Thompson. As a twice-weekly columnist at The Times of London, Moran has won the British Society of Magazine Editors "Columnist of the Year" Award eight times. She lives in London.

Product details

• Authors: Caitlin Moran
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.07.2012
• EAN: 9780062124296
• ISBN: 978-0-06-212429-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 25 mm
• Series: HarperPerennial; Harper Perennial
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, HISTORY: Social History, SELF-HELP: Personal Growth / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Music, HUMOR: Form / Essays, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Love & Romance, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Fashion, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Feminism & Feminist Theory, MUSIC: History & Criticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / Marriage & Family