Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
Format: Kindle Edition
ISBN:
9780316348454
ASIN: B0151YQTCM
Publish date: 2016-05-17
Publisher: Hachette Books
Pages no: 264
Edition language: English
It seems like every woman I know has read this book, which automatically made me suspicious. (I still haven't forgiven my fellow females for The Bridges of Madison County.) I finally trundled forth on my own. I'm glad I did. It just took me a while to get there. I wasn't sure what I was headed int...
Wow. This was such a great book! I can see why it won on Goodreads last year. I wish I had heard of West before cause her writing speaks to me. Told in a semi-chronological way, West's "Shrill" goes into her childhood through her adult years taking a hard look at herself and those around her for s...
4.5 stars A lot of the material in this really hit home for me. She talks about feminism and body image issues in a way that I completely get. I think she gets the point across in a positive and interesting way also. She isn't preachy or attacking. She's honest and humorous. She gives some importa...
Andrew and I came across this book at BookCon Chicago this year. We were both already weighed down with dozens of pounds of books, but Andrew insisted that it looked good (and thought he remembered good things being said about it) and we should pick up a copy. It’s really never hard to convince me t...
The first time I heard Lindy West, she made me laugh. The second time, she brought me to tears. And with this book, I fell in love. Articulate, insightful, intelligent, raw, profound, personal and hilarious, Shrill is a must-read. Actually, let me amend that. I feel like people will have one of th...
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