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The Female Persuasion: A Novel Hardcover – April 3, 2018

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"Ultra-readable." –Vogue

"Equal parts cotton candy and red meat, in the best way." –People

"Wolitzer’s social commentary can be as funny as it is queasily on target.” –Wall Street Journal

"Wolitzer is one of those rare writers who creates droll and entertaining novels of ideas." –Fresh Air, NPR

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Interestings, an electric novel not just about who we want to be with, but who we want to be.

To be admired by someone we admire - we all yearn for this: the private, electrifying pleasure of being singled out by someone of esteem. But sometimes it can also mean entry to a new kind of life, a bigger world.

Greer Kadetsky is a shy college freshman when she meets the woman she hopes will change her life. Faith Frank, dazzlingly persuasive and elegant at sixty-three, has been a central pillar of the women's movement for decades, a figure who inspires others to influence the world. Upon hearing Faith speak for the first time, Greer- madly in love with her boyfriend, Cory, but still full of longing for an ambition that she can't quite place- feels her inner world light up. And then, astonishingly, Faith invites Greer to make something out of that sense of purpose, leading Greer down the most exciting path of her life as it winds toward and away from her meant-to-be love story with Cory and the future she'd always imagined.

Charming and wise, knowing and witty, Meg Wolitzer delivers a novel about power and influence, ego and loyalty, womanhood and ambition. At its heart, The Female Persuasion is about the flame we all believe is flickering inside of us, waiting to be seen and fanned by the right person at the right time. It's a story about the people who guide and the people who follow (and how those roles evolve over time), and the desire within all of us to be pulled into the light.

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An Amazon Best Book of April 2018: There’s nothing like a crush – the all-consuming gush of obsession and excitement that shocks the system into euphoria. We often read about romantic infatuation, but in The Female Persuasion, Meg Wolitzer sets her sights on another kind – female friendship and mentorship, and the craving to be heard and admired by the one you admire. It’s a rich and satisfying novel – it will be called timely –about Greer Kadetsky, a young woman coming of age and finding inspiration in feminist icon, Faith Frank, who evolves throughout the novel from abstract celebrity, to boss, confidant and challenger who pushes Greer to confront reality. “Maybe that's what we want from women, Greer thought as her thumb pulsed and percolated with blood. Maybe that's what we imagine it would be like to have a woman lead us. When women got into positions of power, they calibrated and re-calibrated tenderness and strength, modulating and correcting. Power and love didn't often live side by side. If one came in, the other might go.” This novel shimmers with hope and yearning and examines just how potent (and complicated) female support can be in a world that does not always champion women. —Al Woodworth

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Bright and ambitious, Greer Kadetsky, the child of former hippies, attends her fallback school while her high school sweetheart, Cory, an academic powerhouse, enrolls at Yale. During her first weekend in college, she's groped at a frat party by a serial abuser, and she becomes inspired to stand up for herself by a speech given by Faith Frank, a charismatic icon whom Greer later engages in conversation. Greer's burgeoning friendship with a feminist freshman, Zee, also motivates her. After college, Cory sets off to capitalize on his Ivy League degree in international finance, while Greer reaches out to Faith, and both women embark on a new venture, a foundation to empower and support women around the world. It's a testament to Wolitzer's skill that few characters remain unexplored. Greer, Faith, and Cory are all unflinchingly defined. The three true-to-life protagonists face struggles that will interest young adult readers because of the book's weighty and relevant themes. Here, they will also find a powerful character-driven coming-of-age story told in a stark, wry voice. VERDICT Buy for discerning teens and collections serving academic high flyers.—Suzanne Gordon, Lanier High School, Sugar Hill, GA

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Hardcover: 464 pages
Publisher: Riverhead Books; First Edition edition (April 3, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1594488401
ISBN-13: 978-1594488405
Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.4 x 9.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 193 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,288 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #142 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Women's Fiction > Mothers & Children
- #436 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Women's Fiction > Domestic Life
- #496 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Family Life

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Sande B. Berger

Heart, Humor and Brilliance.

April 10, 2018

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I am a huge fan of this author's many wonderful novels, and exquisite writing because of the universality of her themes, her characters' authenticity, many who jump from the page and into our hearts, including the flawed because, in reality we are all flawed. In this, her latest, and I say, greatest...heart, humor, and her signature brilliance blend seamlessly as her characters explore the setbacks and heartache associated with the challenges women must take to become relevant, and even harder to stay relevant, while seeking the wisdom and support from those who dared before them. A truly great read.

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Kerry Kilburn

The good news is that this novel is extremely well written

May 1, 2018

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The good news is that this novel is extremely well written; the author’s voice is engaging and fresh, and she uses humor to great effect. The bad news is that, for me at least, the characters never felt fully developed or social issues fully engaged with, so the whole novel wound up being very bland and not very interesting. In part, that may be because so many characters were given what felt like relatively long backstories for no reason I could discern (assuming that the blurbs are correct and that this is, at its heart, Greer’s story). Greer’s relationship with Faith felt underdeveloped and far less well explored than it could have been, and even Greer’s own “growth” from young, budding feminist to major player seemed nonexistent. A pity, because the interesting premise and really great writing should have resulted in a much better product.

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Maddie

I so looked forward to this book and was SO disappointed! Wolitzer desperately needed an editor to cut through ...

April 15, 2018

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Wow. I so looked forward to this book and was SO disappointed! Wolitzer desperately needed an editor to cut through the strangling, exhausting exposition and give this narrative some pace! She has four stories spinning out at once that do, obviously, intersect, but each one feels, oddly, both truncated and excessive. The same stories are told again and again, but not in some intriguing Rashomonesque way -- simply repeated by other characters.
The strangest lacuna in the book is the fact that there is no real relationship between Greer and her "mentor" Faith Frank; I can count on one hand the times they are actually in the same room! This is a novel more about anxiety of influence than female mentorship, and is curiously dated for a novel touted to be relevant in the current climate.

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Englishteacher

Not great literature but a darn good read

May 1, 2018

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Not a literary masterpiece, but a darn good read. This novel is a well-plotted intergenerational story of women that integrates two waves of feminism--the 60s and 70s wave and the contemporary wave. Although the language never soars and the ideas are rarely illuminated in fresh ways, I couldn't put the book down. THE FEMALE PERSUASION touches on many timely issues--sexual identity and feminism, color and economics in feminism, workplace harassment, ambition versus values, the hollowness of some philanthropic organizations--and concludes with a chapter about the Women's March of 2017 and the horrors of Trump without ever mentioning by name the monster in the White House. Ironically, the biggest and most admirable feminist in the novel is a man--Cory--who does what needs to be done for his mother with love and respect and doesn't foist responsibility for her on female relatives. This is a fast, reasonably satisfying read to be shared by women in their 60s and 70s and their adult daughters.

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Brilliant brilliant and overdue literary/feminist masterpiece

April 10, 2018

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Oh My Goodness! Thank you for writing this!
There is much great fiction written by women but for me, some stand as landmarks.....Small Changes, The Women’s Room, Meridian, the poetry of Nikki Giovanni and Gwendolyn Brooks...Meg Wurlitzer just hit that mark. What an incredible writer. My patchouli soaked sensibilities are sated.

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So Relevant. So Good.

April 13, 2018

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Meg Wolitzer takes charge in her newest novel with such nuance in the writing, ambitious yet reserved characters, and stories so imaginative while remaining grounded, this is THE FEMALE PERSUASION. Most definitely a story for today. Hot topics abound such as who is the modern feminist, how do we define consent, and the importance of the female activism.

College-bound Greer is desperately trying to find her way all on her own. Her parents don’t seem to be able to offer her any guidance, in fact, they could use a little themselves. Her next-door neighbor, who becomes her boyfriend of consequence, is smothered in attention from his immigrant family. The teens stick together, and plan to through college and beyond.

College is going to be the setting for Greer’s caterpillar-to-butterfly explosion and it’s fascinating to watch how she attempts to follow her developing lifelong dreams.

Enter female mentorship. Is everything what it seems? Can women find what they are looking for even in our modern time? Are women able to give as graciously to each other? What happens when you watch your hero partake in the mundane?

While so many serious issues are confronted, there is abundantly good humor in the book.

A jumble of emotions. That is what I was left with after finishing the book. I fell deeply for some of the characters. Sometimes seething at the parents. Well, most of the time. Not understanding choices that were made by the younger set. But realizing that they were young. Been there. Pained watching the older set as they tried to redeem themselves or make sacrifices. Because. Overall, I was just enamored with the volume of what this book held. How much ground it covered. So much relevance. Everlasting.

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