Girlhood Girlhood

Girlhood

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Publisher Description

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner

National Bestseller

Lambda Literary Award Finalist



NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIME * NPR * The Washington Post * Kirkus Reviews * Washington Independent Review of Books * The Millions * Electric Literature * Ms Magazine * Entropy Magazine * Largehearted Boy * Passerbuys



"Irreverent and original." –New York Times



"Magisterial." –The New Yorker



"An intoxicating writer." –The Atlantic



"A classic!" –Mary Karr



"A true light in the dark." –Stephanie Danler



"An essential, heartbreaking project." –Carmen Maria Machado



A gripping set of stories about the forces that shape girls and the adults they become. A wise and brilliant guide to transforming the self and our society.



In her powerful new book, critically acclaimed author Melissa Febos examines the narratives women are told about what it means to be female and what it takes to free oneself from them.



When her body began to change at eleven years old, Febos understood immediately that her meaning to other people had changed with it. By her teens, she defined herself based on these perceptions and by the romantic relationships she threw herself into headlong. Over time, Febos increasingly questioned the stories she'd been told about herself and the habits and defenses she'd developed over years of trying to meet others' expectations. The values she and so many other women had learned in girlhood did not prioritize their personal safety, happiness, or freedom, and she set out to reframe those values and beliefs.



Blending investigative reporting, memoir, and scholarship, Febos charts how she and others like her have reimagined relationships and made room for the anger, grief, power, and pleasure women have long been taught to deny.

Written with Febos' characteristic precision, lyricism, and insight, Girlhood is a philosophical treatise, an anthem for women, and a searing study of the transitions into and away from girlhood, toward a chosen self.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2021
March 30
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
336
Pages
PUBLISHER
Bloomsbury Publishing
SELLER
Bookwire Gesellschaft zum Vertrieb digitaler Medien mbH
SIZE
8.8
MB

Customer Reviews

RR guy ,

Helpful for men too

I learned about boundaries, consent and respect for all women. I was raised by a mother and sister and was receptive to the messages of Febo’s essays.

Sofialoveswolves72917 ,

When I tell you I cried

I’m 23 and this book was everything I needed my mother to tell me but never did, everything I am still in the process of learning, everything I hope my older, wiser self would say to me in a time traveling letter… I‘ve yet to fully internalize most of its messages, but this book gave me hope that I someday will. Thank you thank you thank you.

Pearles52 ,

Fantastic!

I read Melissa’s first two books so i got this one. Great read! Highly recommend!

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