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Maggie, a troubled 23-year-old in Fargo, N.Dak., recalls how her high school English teacher seduced her at 17 after learning she'd slept with a man twice her age. When he's named statewide teacher of the year five years later, she reports their affair to the police; townspeople quickly label her "a freaky slut." more
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Gwyneth Paltrow Actress, Author, Owner/GoopI literally could not put it down. An unflinching dissection of female desire so poetically described, I forgot it was nonfiction. Lisa Taddeo makes a gorgeous, unabashed debut. Wow. (Source)
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Elizabeth Gilbert I can’t remember the last time a book affected me as profoundly as Three Women. Lisa Taddeo is a tireless reporter, a brilliant writer, and a storyteller possessed of almost supernatural humanity. As far as I’m concerned, this is a nonfiction literary masterpiece at the same level as In Cold Blood—and just as suspenseful, bone-chilling, and harrowing, in its own way. I know already that I will never stop thinking about the women profiled in this story—about their sexual desire, their emotional pain, their strength, their losses. I saw myself in all of them. Truly, Three Women is an... (Source)
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Esther Perel Three Women offers a fascinating excavation of the intricacies of love and desire, where they conspire and where they conflict. Read this book. You will forever rethink the erotics of women. (Source)
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Caitlin Moran This book - Three Women by @lisadtaddeo - is AMAZING: it's the book you HAVE to read & then make your friends read. I forced @jojomoyes - it's the In Cold Blood of female sexuality. THE book of summer 2019. Three real women tell the true story, over decades, of their sex-lives. https://t.co/VpcSlDLYMW (Source)
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Abby Wambach WOLFPACK: Our book is included in the 10 Books People Are Talking About collection on #AppleBooks! I love this list and I’m currently reading & loving @lisadtaddeo’s #ThreeWomen. Check out the full list: https://t.co/f7XTYVe5It. Thank you, @AppleBooks! https://t.co/TXHAsIZumJ (Source)
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Jonny Geller This is quite a book. Unsettling, compulsive, deeply thought provoking. Recommend if you are interested in exploring ideas about love and desire! https://t.co/ReKesNAOb1 (Source)