What follows is a forward thinking tale of friendship, feminism and failure, that keeps its reader turning until the very last page. While Cory is dealt an unimaginable tragedy that sees him forsaking his high-powered consulting job in Manila for the comfort of his childhood room, and Zee begins to come to terms with and explore her blossoming sexuality, Kadestsky finds herself on a path to political fulfilment, as she is hired by Frank and enters into her circle of privilege. RELATED: Desert Island Books: Tobias Madden It’s while at her ‘average’ college, however, that best friend Zee introduces her to feminist icon Faith Frank a meeting that will alter the course of life as she knows it. The story itself centres around Greer Kadetsky, a freshman whose disappointment at missing out a place at an Ivy League college lies solely at the feet of her stoner parents, whose lack of interest in and disregard for her future education meant she missed out on vital funding to attend Princeton with her boyfriend Cory.
I’ve certainly been guilty in the past of slogging my way through a book, simply because I’ve started it, or because someone close to me has recommended it, or because i think it will make me sound intellegent or beacuse it’s a book I want ticked off my reading repertoire, forgetting entirely that the reason I read is for enjoyment and escapism.Īnd so, to The Female Persuasion.
The best thing, for me, about Wolitzer, is how readable her books are. In the years that have since passed, I’ve not read any thing else by Wolitzer, but when Stylist asked me to take part in a forthcoming Book Wars, in which I’d be reading both Florida by Lauren Groff and The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer, I knew immediately who would get my vote. I have a picture of me reading The Interestings on Rose Bay beach, the Sydney Harbour Bridge a hazy blur in the distance and it brings about happy memories of a time when I fell in love with this city in which I now live.
I arrived, armed with a suitcase full of books ready for three heady weeks in the sun, not knowing how much my life would later change. I first read Meg Wolitzer on a three week sun-drenched holiday in Sydney a little over three years ago.
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