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What Do We Need Men For?: A Modest Proposal Hardcover – July 2, 2019
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E. Jean Carroll
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Print length288 pages
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LanguageEnglish
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PublisherSt. Martin's Press
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Publication dateJuly 2, 2019
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Dimensions5.88 x 1.09 x 8.57 inches
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ISBN-101250215439
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ISBN-13978-1250215437
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A Washington Post TEN BOOKS TO READ IN JULY | A The Washington Post 50 NOTABLE WORKS OF NONFICTION IN 2019 | Los Angeles Times’ 7 BUZZWORTHY BOOKS TO READ THIS JULY | TOP 5 HOT BOOKS by The National Book Review| Refinery 29’s GET YOUR HANDS ON THESE JULY 2019 BOOKS | Bustle's 27 NEW BOOKS OUT IN JULY 2019 TO GET YOU THROUGH THE SWEATY DAYS OF SUMMER | A Dallas Morning News 100 best books of 2019 pick | 6 BEST BOOKS TO READ THIS JULY by Town and Country
"Every chapter, every paragraph, every sentence contains some fresh, good-humored turn of phrase." ―Mary Norris, The New Yorker
“Roving, curious, compassionate, whimsical.” –Megan Garber, The Atlantic
"Carroll's lively prose careens in constant pursuit of pleasure...indefatigably funny and full of life." –Lindsay Zoladz, The Ringer
"Carroll has never been interested in fulfilling expectations ... You can read the tale in her book, and you should." ―Next Tribe
"With lively prose, Carroll analyzes women's experiences while driving her polka-dotted Prius through American towns with female names. When her own personal narrative grows dark, she bounces back with merry chapters devoted to quizzes and traveling expenses...This jarring structure is a metaphor for how the 'Silent Generation' made girls swallow the abuse they couldn't reveal..." ―Ann Votaw, The Journal Gazette
"Fans of her longtime “Ask E. Jean” column in Elle will recognize her original voice ...Carroll’s descriptions of the “hideous men” in her life stand out." ―Elizabeth Taylor and Adam Cohen, The National Book Review
"An entertaining and rage making romp of a read." –Clara Bingham, The Guardian
"Whimsical...a book that approaches its high-concept road trip with tongue firmly in cheek." ―Constance Grady, Vox
“Politically and socially urgent.” ―Cristina Arreola, Bustle
“Quirky” ―Kim Hubbard, People
“ELLE's own agony aunt, the incomparable E. Jean Carroll, went on a road trip to ask women a very simple question... Perfection.” ―Estelle Tang, ELLE
“Explosive” ―Elena Nicolau, Refinery 29
“A fun-fueled feminist response to the current cultural and political climate, and I expected to laugh my way through its pages. I wasn’t wrong about the laughter.” ―Melanie Rock, Bustle
"A memoir by way of an old-fashioned American road trip...No reader of Carroll’s column will be surprised to find that such violent moments are interspersed with huge helpings of levity." ―Keziah Weir, Vanity Fair
“What [the book] offers, though, is a kind of literary impressionism, based on 75 years of lived experience―a sense of what it feels like to have pulsing veins and fiery nerves and a teeming mind and be caught within the cold infrastructures of sexism.” ―Megan Garber, The Atlantic
“The writing… is just riveting. But it’s also journalistically very powerful, very precise, very careful” ―Lawrence O’Donnell
"E. Jean is a terrific writer; she has mastered the difficult task of making her words sound like they're delivered in person, over a cocktail. " ―Monica Hesse, The Washington Post
"Very funny” ―The Brian Lehrer Show
"Fantastically written but so friendly to follow...Carroll’s book is readable in a way the Great Thinkers are not and can never be." ―B. David Zarley, Paste Magazine
“Thoughtful, powerful” ―Adam Rathe, Town and Country
“The most bitterly funny, fantastically furious book to explode out of the #metoo moment.” ―Dani Shapiro, bestselling author of Family History
“Buy this book.” ―Ed Kosner, former Editor-in-Chief of Newsweek, New York, and Esquire
“There isn’t another voice out there like E Jean’s.” ―Lorraine Candy, Editor-in-Chief, London Sunday Times
“E. Jean is a know it all.” ―Jane Smiley
"E. Jean Carroll is a force of nature, whose natural vibrancy has held readers in rapture for decades." ―Nina Garcia, Editor-in-Chief, ELLE
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- Publisher : St. Martin's Press (July 2, 2019)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 288 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1250215439
- ISBN-13 : 978-1250215437
- Item Weight : 12.8 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.88 x 1.09 x 8.57 inches
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Best Sellers Rank:
#403,291 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,073 in American Literature Criticism
- #1,122 in Feminist Theory (Books)
- #1,127 in General Gender Studies
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While this tale told of the sitting president is all people have been talking about, it is detracting from a really great book. It is hilarious, it is outrageous, it is infuriating. It would have been 100% worth reading even if Trump had not been in it. The worst part is that I could have written a book just like this about the Hideous Men of My Life that I have encountered, and I suspect every other woman could, too.
I had never before knowingly read a single word written by E. Jean Carroll. I was drawn to this book because of the tale about the president. But I was very pleasantly surprised at how enjoyable the book was to read. Highly recommend.
I think the author seriously needed to stay on topic. I was uncomfortable with some of the sexual traumatic events in her life but that was the main point of her book, of course. Overall, except for the content on the main topic, I thought this was a poor read. It took me one evening to go through the hard-copy version of the book. I think this book needed to be written in a more typical journalistic style. To me, her contrived trip to feminine-name towns was ridiculous.










