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Radically honest and fiercely intelligent, the word-of-mouth #1 bestseller on modern womanhood and coming-of-age

'I am afraid of being the disruptive woman. And of not being disruptive enough. I am afraid. But I am doing it anyway.'

In this dazzling debut, Emilie Pine speaks powerfully from her painful personal experience - on the emotional labour of caring for her alcoholic father, on the unspeakable grief of miscarriage and infertility, on the social taboos around menstrual blood and female pain, on the ways young women use their own bodies as a weapon against themselves. Courageous, humane and uncompromising, devastatingly poignant and yet never self-pitying, these pieces investigate and challenge society's assumptions around pain, strength, resilience and identity, ultimately embracing joy and hope in the business of living.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780241986226
Published: June 2019

Number of pages: 224
Width: 130 mm
Height: 196 mm
Depth: 18 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd