{"product_id":"helen-lewis-difficult-women-2020-hardback","title":"Helen Lewis: Difficult Women [2020] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e* \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*SHORTLISTED IN THE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e2020 PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'All the history you need to understand why you're so furious, angry and still hopeful about being a woman now' Caitlin Moran\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWell-behaved women don't make history: difficult women do.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeminism's success is down to complicated, contradictory, imperfect women, who fought each other as well as fighting for equal rights. Helen Lewis argues that too many of these pioneers have been whitewashed or forgotten in our modern search for feel-good, inspirational heroines. It's time to reclaim the history of feminism as a history of difficult women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, you'll meet the working-class suffragettes who advocated bombings and arson; the princess who discovered why so many women were having bad sex; the 'striker in a sari' who terrified Margaret Thatcher; and the lesbian politician who outraged the country. Taking the story up to the present with the twenty-first-century campaign for abortion services, Helen Lewis reveals the unvarnished - and unfinished - history of women's rights.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on archival research and interviews, \u003ci\u003eDifficult Women\u003c\/i\u003e is a funny, fearless and sometimes shocking narrative history, which shows why the feminist movement has succeeded - and what it should do next. The battle is difficult, and we must be difficult too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is the antidote to saccharine you-go-girl fluff. Effortlessly erudite and funny' Caroline Criado-Perez \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Compulsive, rigorous, unforgettable, hilarious and devastating' Hadley Freeman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lewis, Helen","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":55769312166227,"sku":"9781787331280","price":22.1,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":55769312198995,"sku":"XV81787331280","price":8.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/lewis-helen-helen-lewis-difficult-women-2020-hardback-1266592830.jpg?v=1793998058","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/helen-lewis-difficult-women-2020-hardback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}