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Three Women

NOW A SERIES ON STARZ STARRING SHAILENE WOODLEY * BETTY GILPIN * DeWANDA WISE * GABRIELLE CREEVY * with BLAIR UNDERWOOD

 

"Staggeringly intimate...Groundbreaking." --Entertainment Weekly
"A breathtaking and important book." --Cheryl Strayed
"Extraordinary...A nonfiction literary masterpiece." --Elizabeth Gilbert

 

#1 New York Times Bestseller and a Best Book of the Year by: The Washington Post * NPR * The Atlantic * New York Public Library * Vanity Fair * PBS * Time * Economist * Entertainment Weekly * Financial Times * Shelf Awareness * Guardian * Sunday Times * BBC * Esquire * Good Housekeeping * Elle * Real Simple * And more

 

A riveting true story about the sex lives of three real American women "who are carnal, brave, and beautifully flawed" (People, Book of the Week), based on nearly a decade of reporting.

 

Lina, a young mother in suburban Indiana whose marriage has lost its passion, reconnects with an old flame through social media and embarks on an affair that quickly becomes all-consuming. Maggie, a seventeen-year-old high school student in North Dakota, allegedly engages in a relationship with her married English teacher; the ensuing criminal trial turns their quiet community upside down. Sloane, a successful restaurant owner in an exclusive enclave of the Northeast, is happily married to a man who likes to watch her have sex with other men and women.

 

Hailed as "a dazzling achievement" (Los Angeles Times) and "a riveting page-turner that explores desire, heartbreak, and infatuation in all its messy, complicated nuance" (The Washington Post), Lisa Taddeo's Three Women has captivated readers, booksellers, and critics--and topped bestseller lists--worldwide. Based on eight years of immersive research, it is "an astonishing work of literary reportage" (The Atlantic) that introduces us to three unforgettable women--and one remarkable writer--whose experiences remind us that we are not alone.

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336 pages

Average rating: 6.22

393 RATINGS

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6 REVIEWS

Community Reviews

Ronda
Mar 04, 2025
1/10 star
Disliked.
Kjmerchant
Nov 25, 2024
6/10 stars
Parts of this stuck with me. And parts of this gave me the ick. The writing/storytelling sometimes felt profound one moment and then it felt like drivel the next. It was triggering because I felt like I've been all three women at some point in my life but then at the same time... Not. At the end, I asked myself what was the point. What was the point of any of it.
Anonymous
May 25, 2024
8/10 stars
I liked how it gives you a look at how the woman's mind works. As a woman, it made me feel less isolated. I felt that I could related to certain aspects of each story.
Bailley
Jan 18, 2024
6/10 stars
This book was not what I was expecting at all. Where I expected a deep discussion and analysis of female desire by examining 3 individual women, I got intimate and personal diary entries of sexual events and feelings relayed by the author. I can’t say that I disliked the book but it didn’t captivate or engage me the way I was hoping.

I did thoroughly enjoy Sloan’s parts of the book as I felt they were the closest to an honest, introspective look into female desire that I was expecting. Her story showed that a woman’s desire is often equated with accommodation of male desire instead of a true celebration of her own sexuality. Her story was complex and raw and so self-aware. I truly enjoyed it and would recommend this book on her section alone.

I did feel the epilogue had some redemption as it collected some overall thoughts on desire and the female experience based on the three women’s stories, but overall, I was a bit disappointed. It didn’t quite live up to the anticipation I had built up.
E Clou
May 10, 2023
8/10 stars
This was intense. I'm very interested in all the other interviews. Very well-written and nuanced.

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