Difficult Women
by:
Roxane Azimi (author)
ASIN: B01LFQ3KWM
Publisher: Grove Press
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
This book is pretty fantastic on the whole even though it routinely tore my heart out. The epigraph is among my favorites:"For difficult women, who should be celebrated for their very nature."The theme of difficult women was well represented and I loved all these women, specifically for their flaws....
I discovered Roxane Gay through her essays about feminism, pop culture, and her life. Her voice immediately captivated me with her thoughtful reflections on a wide variety of topics, so I was excited to read a collection of her short stories. Unfortunately, I didn't find them as captivating as her e...
I honestly didn't like some of the stories which is why I ended up giving this collection as a whole 4 stars. Gay writes extremely well though. I can honestly say that I could picture everything that she was describing in her stories. To the point a few times I had to hug myself at the end of a stor...
Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley. To describe the central women in Gay’s new collection as difficult is incorrect. Human would perhaps be the better term. The stories in this collection have appeared in some form elsewhere, and range across genres, though many of them have a touch o...
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