A Fascinating Woman
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A Fascinating Woman
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Sara Petersen
Sadie Harrington is a feminist. A journalist for a lefty New York City publication, she's done the reading, written the articles, opined in public and in private. So when, on assignment, she begins to live by the tenets of a midcentury guidebook to wifeliness, she figures her wry sense of humor and gimlet eye for bullshit will carry her through. Sadie begins treating her husband, Owen, as the head of the household: letting him make all the financial decisions, deferring to his opinions, asking him to open jam jars because he's so much stronger than she is. Little does Sadie expect: quickly, the discord in her marriage becomes harmonious, her children are better behaved, and her house is actually clean for once.
Sadie figures her newfound tradwife ethos is the reason. After all, where has her feminism ever actually gotten her besides a reputation as a scold? Is the secret to contentment actually...giving up the fight? Embracing her femininity? But as all her wildest dreams come true, Sadie has to ask herself if the price of domestic bliss is actually worth paying.
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Critic reviews
"A supremely clever, warm-hearted, and impossibly funny novel. Sara Petersen has taken the modern marriage story and flipped it on its head." —Caro Claire Burke, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Yesteryear
"Funny, alarmingly convincing, and ultimately relatable. A Fascinating Woman is a brilliant examination of the lure of traditional womanhood as an escape hatch. I couldn't put it down." —Jo Piazza, bestselling author of Everyone Is Lying to You
"A Fascinating Woman is funny, fearless, and startlingly original. With razor-sharp insight, Petersen explores the harmful myths that shape women's lives and the courage required to reject them. A dazzling novel about feminism, marriage, motherhood, desire, and self-invention. I can't stop thinking about it." —Chelsea Bieker, bestselling author of Madwoman
"Fun and funny, sharp and sneaky, deft in its execution and thrillingly compelling, A Fascinating Woman delves unflinchingly into the complexities of trying to love while also keeping hold of a self." —Lynn Steger Strong, author of Flight
"Ingenious, funny, and addictive, A Fascinating Woman explores the traps of self-help feminism, the absurdity of millennial adulthood, and our eternal search for meaning and connection. Sara Petersen has cooked up a sly treat of a book." —Julia Fine, author of The Upstairs House
"Funny, alarmingly convincing, and ultimately relatable. A Fascinating Woman is a brilliant examination of the lure of traditional womanhood as an escape hatch. I couldn't put it down." —Jo Piazza, bestselling author of Everyone Is Lying to You
"A Fascinating Woman is funny, fearless, and startlingly original. With razor-sharp insight, Petersen explores the harmful myths that shape women's lives and the courage required to reject them. A dazzling novel about feminism, marriage, motherhood, desire, and self-invention. I can't stop thinking about it." —Chelsea Bieker, bestselling author of Madwoman
"Fun and funny, sharp and sneaky, deft in its execution and thrillingly compelling, A Fascinating Woman delves unflinchingly into the complexities of trying to love while also keeping hold of a self." —Lynn Steger Strong, author of Flight
"Ingenious, funny, and addictive, A Fascinating Woman explores the traps of self-help feminism, the absurdity of millennial adulthood, and our eternal search for meaning and connection. Sara Petersen has cooked up a sly treat of a book." —Julia Fine, author of The Upstairs House
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