Women

‘A beautiful read / a perfect primer for an explosive lesbian affair / an essential truth’ LENA DUNHAM

The cult-classic novella that intimately explores one young writer’s whirlwind and whiplash affair as she falls deeply in love with a woman for the first time.

One of Cosmopolitan UK's Best Erotic Novels of All Time

‘I have meditated repeatedly on what it was about Finn that had me so dismantled.'

A young woman moves from the countryside to the city.

Inexplicably, inexorably and immediately, she falls in love with another woman for the first time in her life.

Finn is nineteen years older than her, wears men’s clothes, has a cocky smirk of a smile – and a long-term girlfriend.

With precision, wit and tenderness, Women charts the frenzy and the fall out of love.

'You'll devour it in one sitting' VOGUE

'Her prose has a reckless beauty that feels to me like magic' CHERYL STRAYED

'A contemporary classic of queer women's writing' MICHELLE TEA

Reviews

'This is the tragicomic tale of the author’s doomed relationship with an older woman and it perfectly captures the way good sex can make us throw anything under the bus – even our identities' Lena Dunham

'Caldwell falls under the spell of a seductive yet withdrawn older woman in this sparks-flying, gorgeously composed queer novel that’s about so much more than romantic love' Vogue

'Beautiful, touching, and brave' Emily Ratajkowski, writer and model

'You'll devour it in one sitting' British Vogue

‘Her prose has a reckless beauty that feels to me like magic’ Cheryl Strayed

'[Women] feels like a great late-night conversation with a friend and a bottle of wine, and it is the perfect read-in-one-sitting book of the season' Elle

‘Women captures the agonizing luminescence of young adulthood and the people who define and destroy us. A breathless comet-book that commands an evening with your heart, and a next-day pass-along to all the women you treasure’ Bustle

‘One of the most endearing and exciting writers of a generation’ L A Review of Books

‘Heady, evocative and sensual. Caldwell’s exploration of relationships and identity blends brutal and fragile truths with great skill. A remarkable talent’ Anneliese Mackintosh

‘I'll read anything Chloe Caldwell writes. She's a rare bird: fearless, dark, prolific, unpretentious, and truly honest’ Elisa Albert

'A contemporary classic of queer women's writing' Michelle Tea, author of Knocking Myself Up

About the author

Chloé Caldwell is the author of The Red Zone: A Love Story, I’ll Tell You in Person, and Legs Get Led Astray. Her next book, Trying, will be published by Graywolf. Chloé’s work has been published in the New York Times, Bon Appétit, The Cut, Longreads, Nylon, Hobart, The Sun, The Rumpus, Vice and a dozen anthologies. She teaches creative writing online and hosts seasonal writing retreats. Chloé lives in Hudson, New York.